Gaza Strip

Explosions in Al Quds Hospital district

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at a pro-Palestinian rally arranged by the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) Istanbul organization on Oct. 28.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a long address during the event held at Istanbul's Atatürk airport, condemning both Israel and Western nations for the recent events in Gaza.

Israel launched an expanded ground operation on Saturday after knocking out communications and creating a near-blackout of information in the Gaza Strip with increased bombardment and artillery fire overnight.

 Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip with stepped-up bombardment and artillery fire overnight into Saturday, knocking out communications and creating a near-blackout of information by largely cutting off the besieged enclave's 2.3 million people from contact with the outside world.

Netanyahu reportedly fears liability if the ground operation fails.

Hamas claims that almost 50 hostages died during the Israeli bombing of Gaza, but this information has not been officially confirmed.
The Israel Defense Forces said the military has so far informed the families of 224 hostages that their members are being held in the Gaza Strip.

Media: An Israeli reconnaissance drone crashed in a Gaza settlement

Israeli ground forces backed by fighter jets and drones carried out a night-time targeted raid in central Gaza Strip, the army said Friday, as it prepares for a land invasion.

"During the last day, IDF (Israel Defense Forces) ground forces, accompanied by IDF fighter jets and UAVs, conducted an additional targeted raid in the central Gaza Strip," the army said in a statement.

No one understands terrorism more viscerally than Maoz Inon: His 78-year-old father and 75-year-old mother were among those massacred by Hamas this month in southern Israel.

In the Security Council of the United Nations, resolutions that would have demanded an end to the conflict in the Gaza Strip, due to the delivery of humanitarian aid, were blocked by the veto of the permanent members.

Aerial photographs show how devastated Gaza is after numerous airstrikes by Israeli forces.
According to the information so far, more than 6,500 people were killed in those attacks, and more than 2,700 children were among the dead.

The scale of destruction in the Gaza Strip as per Maxar satellite images.#GazaUnderSiege #Israel pic.twitter.com/9kXxWyxork