The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Friday approved a resolution that calls for humanitarian pauses between Israel and Hamas, increased aid to Gaza and the creation of conditions that will allow for a sustainable end to fighting, ending days of closed-door negotiations, CNN repo
Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas on Thursday night as soldiers uncovered and destroyed rocket launchers and other weapons, the Israel Defence Forces said on Friday morning.
Among those attending the meeting was His Beatitude Theophilos III Giannopoulos, Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem; His Beatitude Nourhan Manougian, Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem; His Beatitude Cardinal Battista Pietro Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and many more.
The Israel Defence Force (IDF) has called on the residents of central Gaza's Bureij town to move to the south and head for shelters in Deir al-Balah as they plan to expand the military's ground offensive, The Times of Israel reported.
In the central Gaza village of Jahar al-Dikh, troops located a Hamas weapons warehouse. Soldiers also spotted rocket launchers that had been used to fire rockets at Israel in previous days. The launchers were destroyed in an airstrike.
In a statement, the IDF said the 36th Division has completed dismantling Hamas' "core capabilities" in Shejaiya. The IDF further said troops will continue to carry out limited operations in the neighbourhood to destroy Hamas infrastructure and kill any operatives still hiding.
The Israel Defence Forces disclosed on Wednesday that cries for help from the three hostages were recorded by a military dog from the Oketz canine unit.
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has strongly called out nations of not demanding that the terrorist organisation Hamas stop hiding behind civilians, lay down its arms, and surrender.
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