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Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know right now

Israeli soldiers gather on and around a tank near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel October 15, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Israel vowed to "demolish Hamas" as its troops massed on the border with Gaza, as an Egyptian-controlled crossing into the enclave is expected to reopen amid diplomatic efforts to get aid to the millions of Palestinians besieged there after Hamas' deadly rampage through Israeli border towns.

Top U.S. officials warned that the war between Israel and militant group Hamas could escalate, as American warships headed to the area amid growing clashes on Israel's northern border with Lebanon.

Thousands of Palestinians have evacuated Gaza City for southern areas of the enclave, after Israel warnings. Hamas has asked them to stay put.

CONFLICT

  • 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.
  • Palestinians are desperate to find a safe hiding place, but Hamas has warned people not to leave their homes, saying dozens of people were killed in strikes on cars and trucks carrying refugees, which Reuters could not independently verify. Israel says Hamas is preventing people from leaving in order to use them as human shields, which Hamas denies.
  • The expected Israeli ground offensive and air strikes have raised fears of unprecedented suffering in the narrow, impoverished Gaza Strip, one of the world's most crowded places. The fate of 4-year-old Fulla Al-Laham is just one of many heartbreaking examples: her grandmother said an air strike hit the family home, killing Fulla's parents, siblings and members of her extended family.
  • 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. Hospitals are also rapidly running out of fuel to power generators, putting the lives of patients at risk.
  • Military forensic teams in Israel examined the bodies of victims of the Hamas attack, and found multiple signs of torture, rape and other atrocities, officers said.

MEETINGS

  • U.S. and Israeli officials are discussing the possibility of a visit to Israel soon by U.S. President Joe Biden at the invitation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  • Egypt said it stepped up diplomatic efforts to get humanitarian aid into Gaza. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel's bombardment was disproportional.
  • Blinken will return to Israel on Monday, a senior State Department official said, extending his Middle East shuttle diplomacy by a day. He arrived in Israel on Thursday and has since visited six Arab countries.
  • A group of U.S. senators will travel to the Middle East to encourage Israel and Saudi Arabia to continue talks on normalizing relations, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

MONEY

  • 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 G30 panel.
  • Crude oil held above $90 a barrel, equities slid and the safe-haven dollar was firm amid heightened anxiety over escalating violence in Gaza and the prospect the conflict could spread into the wider region.

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Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know right now

Israeli soldiers gather on and around a tank near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel October 15, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Israel vowed to "demolish Hamas" as its troops massed on the border with Gaza, as an Egyptian-controlled crossing into the enclave is expected to reopen amid diplomatic efforts to get aid to the millions of Palestinians besieged there after Hamas' deadly rampage through Israeli border towns.

Top U.S. officials warned that the war between Israel and militant group Hamas could escalate, as American warships headed to the area amid growing clashes on Israel's northern border with Lebanon.

Thousands of Palestinians have evacuated Gaza City for southern areas of the enclave, after Israel warnings. Hamas has asked them to stay put.

CONFLICT

  • 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.
  • Palestinians are desperate to find a safe hiding place, but Hamas has warned people not to leave their homes, saying dozens of people were killed in strikes on cars and trucks carrying refugees, which Reuters could not independently verify. Israel says Hamas is preventing people from leaving in order to use them as human shields, which Hamas denies.
  • The expected Israeli ground offensive and air strikes have raised fears of unprecedented suffering in the narrow, impoverished Gaza Strip, one of the world's most crowded places. The fate of 4-year-old Fulla Al-Laham is just one of many heartbreaking examples: her grandmother said an air strike hit the family home, killing Fulla's parents, siblings and members of her extended family.
  • 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. Hospitals are also rapidly running out of fuel to power generators, putting the lives of patients at risk.
  • Military forensic teams in Israel examined the bodies of victims of the Hamas attack, and found multiple signs of torture, rape and other atrocities, officers said.

MEETINGS

  • U.S. and Israeli officials are discussing the possibility of a visit to Israel soon by U.S. President Joe Biden at the invitation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  • Egypt said it stepped up diplomatic efforts to get humanitarian aid into Gaza. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel's bombardment was disproportional.
  • Blinken will return to Israel on Monday, a senior State Department official said, extending his Middle East shuttle diplomacy by a day. He arrived in Israel on Thursday and has since visited six Arab countries.
  • A group of U.S. senators will travel to the Middle East to encourage Israel and Saudi Arabia to continue talks on normalizing relations, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

MONEY

  • 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 G30 panel.
  • Crude oil held above $90 a barrel, equities slid and the safe-haven dollar was firm amid heightened anxiety over escalating violence in Gaza and the prospect the conflict could spread into the wider region.

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