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Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 10

As the conflict between Israel and Gaza enters its 10th day, these are the main developments.

Palestinians evacuate wounded in Israeli aerial bombing on Jabaliya in Gaza. Palestinians evacuate a person wounded in an Israeli aerial bombing on Jabalia, near Gaza City, on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 [Mohammad Al Masri/AP Photo]

Fighting

A “massive fireball” has been reported in Gaza, after “multiple air strikes” by the Israeli military, leaving several people dead in the last few hours. Iran warned Israel of escalation if it failed to end aggressions against Palestinians. Its foreign minister said other parties in the region were ready to act, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. The expected Israeli ground offensive and air attacks have raised fears of unprecedented suffering in the narrow, impoverished Gaza Strip, one of the most crowded places in the world.

Human impact

At least 2,670 Palestinians, a quarter of them children, have been killed in Israeli air raids. The number of Israelis killed in Hamas’s military operation stands at 1,400, including 286 soldiers. Gaza health officials are storing the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli air strikes in ice cream freezer trucks because moving them to hospitals is too risky and cemeteries lack space. Military forensic teams in Israel examined the bodies of victims of last week’s Hamas attack on communities around the Gaza Strip and found multiple signs of torture, rape and other atrocities, officers said. The United Nations humanitarian agency (OCHA) said on Monday that fuel supplies to all hospitals in Gaza were expected to last about 24 hours more. A Hamas spokesman denied reports of a temporary ceasefire or Rafah border crossing. Palestinians are desperate to find safe haven, but traveling south also carries risks. Hamas advised people not to leave and he said the roads leading from there were unsafe.

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diplomacy

US President Joe Biden has warned Israel that occupying the Gaza Strip would be a "big mistake". Egypt said it had stepped up diplomatic efforts to provide humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel's bombing was disproportionate. A senior U.S. State Department official said Blinken would return to Israel on Monday to extend Middle East shuttle diplomacy by another day. He arrived in Israel on Thursday and has since visited six Arab countries. Israel announced it would "cease security exports" to Colombia following President Gustavo Petro's comments about the war against Hamas. Commenting on Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announcing a “complete siege” of Gaza in a fight against “animals”, Petro said: “This is what the Nazis said of the Jews.”

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he spoke by phone to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas about the situation in Gaza and pressed for the establishment of a humanitarian aid corridor to help the local population. Business and economy

The war will have an impact on Israel’s budget, but it will be manageable since it entered the conflict with a solid fiscal position, Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron said. It is difficult to put exact numbers on how the budget may be affected, he told a panel of the G30 – a group of high-profile economists and policymakers. Geopolitical risks for financial markets are rising while investors wait to see if the conflict draws in other countries, with the potential to raise oil prices and deal a new blow to the world economy. The backlog of ships is growing at Israeli ports amid preparations for Israel’s ground assault.

SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES

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