At least seven Nepali students studying at an Israel University have sustained injuries and are held captive by Hamas forces, Nepal's Ambassador to Israel confirmed.
Israel has issued a call to its citizens, urging them to exercise vigilance and not to disseminate rumours on social media platforms like WhatsApp after Hamas launched a " surprise attack".
Eyewitness statements and videos from the spot showcase attendees running to safety, with security forces subsequently escorting some to a southern base.
"Citizens of Israel, we are at war. Not an operation not an escalation- at war," Netanyahu said in a video posted on X. "We are at war and we will win," he asserted in a video statement according to translation provided by Reuters.
Five people have suffered injuries, leaving one in a critical situation after the Palestinian attackers in the Gaza Strip launched rocket barrages at southern and central Israel on Saturday morning, setting off air raid sirens in the country, reported The Times of Israel.
"As demonstrated by the Abraham Accords, when nations converge on mutual goals, outcomes can be monumentally transformative," Karhi told the audience at the Universal Postal Union's 2023 Extraordinary Congress.
The trip, which the State Department has yet to confirm, is to take place during the third week of October and include a visit to Ramallah in the Palestinian Authority.
Next week’s Jerusalem District Court hearings in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial have been postponed following the death of the father of Justice Rivka Friedman-Feldman, one of the presiding judges, the court announced.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, together with President Isaac Herzog, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant attended the state memorial ceremony on Mount Herzl for the fallen of the Yom Kippur War.