Hamas claims responsibility for cross-border attacks from north but Israel blames Iran-backed Hizbullah
Palestinians gather amid rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip after it was hit by an Israeli strike on Sunday. Photograph: Said Khatib/AFPAs huge concentrations of Israeli troops took position along the Gaza border, ready for a ground invasion, exchanges of fire between Israel and the Iran-backed Hizbullah group in south Lebanon intensified on Sunday, raising fears of war on two fronts.
Nearly 2,500 people have been killed in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza that followed the Hamas attacks, while residents of the strip have been streaming south since Israel ordered 1.1 million civilians – nearly half of Gaza’s population – to leave the northern part of the densely populated enclave, including Gaza City. Israel claims more than 600,000 had left by Sunday evening.
Both Iran and Hizbullah officials have warned that an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza could escalate conflicts across the Middle East. Israel said it was renewing water supplies to the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, ending a six-day siege, in what appeared to be another way of pressuring the residents to flee from the north.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Israel claims Hamas is ‘preventing’ civilians from leaving north GazaThe IDF has claimed Hamas are preventing civilians from leaving north Gaza as Israel prepares a military defence in the region.
Read more »
Israel-Hamas war rages as Palestinian death toll rises in GazaJoining Emmet to discuss the current conflict in the Middle East, and the impact on Palestinians are Hannah McCarthy, Journalist reporting from the Middle Ea...
Read more »
Hamas-Israel war brings direct confrontation between Iran and Israel closerWorldview: The fact that the most radical Palestinian groups are fundamentalist Sunni Muslims or Marxists never deterred the Shia Muslim Islamic Republic from arming, financing and training them
Read more »
What we know about Israel's war with HamasIsrael has vowed to crush Hamas and looks poised to send ground troops into the densely populated besieged enclave, as calls mount for a humanitarian corridor to be opened and offers to broker peace come in.
Read more »
Von der Leyen does not speak for EU on Israel-Hamas conflict, foreign policy chief saysEuropean Commission president offers Netanyahu full EU support during Jerusalem visit
Read more »
Fears of anti-Semitism in the US in wake of Hamas attack on IsraelJoe Biden warns that ‘hate never goes away; it just goes underground until it is given a little oxygen’
Read more »