Here’s what the situation looks like on Sunday, November 5, 2023.
Latest development status
- More than 50 people were killed in Israeli bombing raids on Almagazi refugee camp in central Gaza and Jabalia camp in the northern enclave.
- Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, said its fighters killed five more Israeli soldiers in heavy fighting Saturday in northern Gaza. In a statement, Qassam’s forces “attacked Zionist forces holed up in a building northwest of Gaza City.”
- The Israeli military has again given civilians in the Gaza Strip a time frame until Sunday to evacuate south of the coastal area. Traffic will be allowed on the southbound road from 10am to 2pm (8am to 12pm GMT) on Sunday, an Israeli military spokesperson wrote on the X Platform (formerly Twitter) on Saturday night. Ta. The military also issued maps showing designated roads.
- The Qassam Brigades announced on Saturday that more than 60 hostages were missing after recent Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. Brigades spokesman Abu Obeidah also said on Hamas’s Telegram account that the bodies of 23 Israeli hostages were trapped under the rubble.
- Many demonstrations continued to take place around the world in support of the Palestinian people. Large-scale protests were organized in Washington, London, Paris, Berlin and other cities on Saturday and Sunday. Demonstrators also held rallies in Israel, including in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home, demanding the release of Gaza prisoners and his resignation.
Human influence and combat
- At least 9,488 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
- Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, bringing the death toll since October 7 to 151.
- Human rights groups say thousands of Palestinians from Gaza working in Israel have had their permits revoked and many are being detained and subjected to inhumane treatment. Ramallah-based al-Haq said on October 7 that it had documented “punitive measures, arbitrary detention, and humiliating treatment of Palestinian workers from Gaza who were inside the Green Line.”
diplomacy
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected calls by Arab leaders for a ceasefire in Gaza. Jordanian and Egyptian leaders want an immediate ceasefire, but Blinken said he would only support a “humanitarian pause” to allow supplies to flow in and some civilians to evacuate. Blinken is scheduled to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday during his third diplomatic trip to the Middle East in less than a month.
- The Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomed Turkey’s recall of its ambassador to Israel for consultations over the humanitarian situation in Gaza, calling it “an extension of Istanbul’s support for the rights and security of its people.”
- Israel said the move showed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “sided with the terrorist organization Hamas.”
- Iran has also been active in diplomatic initiatives, with Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian holding a telephone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart on Saturday night to discuss the “genocide” in Gaza.