We are on day 5 of the armed conflict which pits the Israeli nation against the Palestinian organization Hamas. Follow the latest developments in real time right here.
8:04 a.m. | Four rescuers killed by Israeli strike in Gaza Strip
8am | Israeli strikes on Gaza, war leaves more than 2,200 dead
New Israeli raids hit Gaza on Wednesday, where entire buildings were destroyed, in response to the attack launched by the Palestinian movement Hamas, which traumatized Israel and triggered a war in which the dead already numbered in the thousands.
7:06 a.m. | Ukrainians still facing violence
Ukrainian families who fled their country to seek refuge in Israel following the Russian invasion no longer know where to turn as they find themselves confronted with violence once again, this time in their host country .
6:23 a.m. | Israel-Hamas: France wants to “avoid the situation of escalation”
The French government called on Wednesday to “avoid a situation of escalation” in the conflict which has pitted Israel against the Islamist organization Hamas since Saturday, assuring that it wants “a political resolution of the conflict” for “the search for lasting peace” , declared government spokesperson Olivier Véran.
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6:08 a.m. | Israel does not behave like a “state”, says Erdogan
Israel does not behave “like a state” in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli army launched new raids on Wednesday in response to the bloody attack launched by Hamas, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“Israel must not forget that if it acts as an organization rather than as a state, it will end up being treated as such,” declared the Turkish head of state, denouncing the “shameful methods” of the Israeli army .
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6:02 a.m. | Israel-Hamas war: death toll in Gaza rises to 1,055
The death toll in the Gaza Strip rose to 1,055 on Wednesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said, after an increase in Israeli bombings on the Palestinian enclave controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas.
“We have at least 1,055 martyrs and 5,184 people suffering from different injuries,” the ministry said in a new, revised toll, four days after the major offensive launched by Hamas against Israel.
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5:01 a.m. | At least 169 Israeli soldiers killed in war against Hamas
At least 169 Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting against Hamas, four days after the massive attack launched by the Palestinian Islamist movement against Israel, the army said on Wednesday.
“We have informed the families of 169 fallen Israeli soldiers,” army spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters, adding that the families of 60 people kidnapped and taken to Gaza had also been contacted.
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4:33 a.m. | Lebanon: Hezbollah claims new shots against Israel
The Lebanese movement Hezbollah claimed responsibility for new fire from southern Lebanon against Israel on Wednesday, saying it was acting in response to the death of three of its militants killed Monday by Israeli bombings.
In a press release, the powerful pro-Iranian formation indicated that it had targeted “using guided missiles an Israeli position” facing the Lebanese border village of Dhayra, “in response to the Zionist attacks on Monday” which caused the death of three of its activists.
4:12 a.m. | Pope calls for “immediate” release of hostages
Pope Francis on Wednesday called for the “immediate” release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, while saying he was “very concerned” about the siege of the Gaza Strip.
“I call for the hostages to be released immediately… Those who are attacked have the right to defend themselves, but I am very concerned about the total siege in which the Palestinians are living in Gaza, where there are also many innocent victims,” he declared after his weekly general audience at the Vatican.
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3:32 a.m. | At NATO, Zelensky urges Westerners to show Israelis they are not ‘alone’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Westerners on Wednesday to show Israelis that they were not “alone” upon his arrival at NATO headquarters in Brussels for his first visit since the Russian invasion of his country.
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2h39 | Israeli bombing of Hamas-linked campus in Gaza
Israeli warplanes bombed an Islamic university in the Gaza Strip linked to the Palestinian movement Hamas on Wednesday, a campus official and an AFP correspondent said.
“The intense airstrikes completely destroyed some buildings of the Islamic University,” university official Ahmed Orabi told AFP.
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1h24 | Israeli nighttime strikes on Gaza: at least 30 dead
At least 30 people were killed and hundreds injured by hundreds of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, a Hamas government official said Wednesday.
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