Live: Israel kills more than 430 Palestinians on Tuesday
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Israel's military has said it is prepared to continue attacks on Gaza for as long as needed and would expand the campaign beyond air strikes.
The military described the attacks as having targeted Hamas commanders and infrastructure, but footage and local reports indicate that scores of civilians have been killed and wounded by the wave of air strikes.
President Donald Trump's administration was consulted by Israel as it launched a wave of brutal attacks on Gaza on Monday morning, a White House spokesperson told Fox News' Hannity show.
The death toll in Gaza since Israel's wave of overnight air strikes has risen to at least 40, according to medical sources cited by Reuters.
More than 150 Palestinians have been wounded in the attacks, medics said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he has instructed the military to take "strong action" against Hamas in Gaza, accusing the group of refusing to release captives and rejecting all ceasefire proposals.
"Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength," the prime minister's office said in a statement.
Israel launched a surprise wave of attacks on the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Tuesday with reports of at least 34 Palestinians killed.
Al Jazeera Arabic reported that the Mawasi area housing many displaced Palestinians was one of the locations targeted.
Israel says the attacks resumed after talks with Hamas failed.
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Here are the day's key developments:
- UN children’s agency Unicef has warned that "one million children in Gaza are struggling to survive without basic necessities" as the humanitarian crisis worsens, with Israel continuing to block all aid. Officials in Gaza have also described the "initial stages of famine" in the strip.
- In two separate attacks, Israeli air strikes killed five Palestinians in Gaza, medics said on Monday, and there was no sign of progress at renewed ceasefire talks.
- Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani called on states to "firmly confront" Israel's "starvation policy" against Palestinians in Gaza. In a statement issued by the foreign ministry on Monday, Sheikh Mohammed said that the international community must "shoulder its responsibilities to address the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza".
- The US Department of Justice on Monday announced that it is launching "Joint Task Force October 7" (JTF 10-7) in order to "focus on targeting, charging, and securing for prosecution in the United States the direct perpetrators of the October 7 [2023] attack". The decision by Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared to stem from her meeting with former Israeli captives held in Gaza.
- The green card revocation and arrest of a prominent pro-Palestine activist at Columbia University was not about "speech" but about "actions", State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters on Monday. She did not provide evidence that Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate from Columbia, acted illegally.
- Israel's Channel 12 broadcaster late on Monday evening said that Israel's security apparatus had detected "unusual activity" which could suggest Hamas is preparing for an attack on Israel. This comes as Israeli officials continue to press the Trump administration to make more allowances for Israel to return to war in Gaza on an as-needed basis.
- US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would hold Iran responsible for any attacks carried out by the Houthis, after he ordered air strikes on Yemen first on Saturday, and then again on Monday. The Pentagon said it had struck over 30 sites so far.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would hold Iran responsible for any attacks carried out by the Houthis, after he ordered airstrikes on Yemen first on Saturday, and then again on Monday.
Monday's targets were the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, and the Al Jawf governorate north of the capital Sanaa, according to Al Masirah TV.
The White House said that Trump's message to Iran was to take the United States seriously.
The Pentagon said it had struck over 30 sites so far and would use overwhelming lethal force against the Houthis until the group stopped attacks.
The Houthis have maintained that their naval blockade and military operations are in response to the Israeli blockade and war on Gaza.
US Lieutenant General Alex Grynkewich, director of operations at the Joint Staff, said the latest campaign against the Houthis was different to the one under former President Joe Biden because the range of targets was broader and included senior Houthi drone experts.
Grynkewich said dozens of Houthi members were killed in the strike. The Biden administration is not believed to have targeted senior Houthi leaders.
- with reporting from Reuters
A statement released late Monday by the Government Media Office in Gaza details what it describes as the "initial stages of famine" given there has been an Israeli food, water, and fuel blockade for 16 days.
"80% of citizens have lost access to food sources due to the closure of charity kitchens and the halt of aid distribution by relief organizations because of the lack of food supplies. Markets are completely empty of essential goods," the statement reads.
"90% of Gaza’s residents have no access to water, forcing municipalities to ration well operations and suspend other services to preserve the remaining fuel supply."
The construction of new displacement camps has slowed, the burning of firewood is causing environmental hazards, and there has been a "near-total halt in public transportation, making it difficult for citizens to move, including patients and injured individuals who need to reach hospitals and medical centers," the statement said.
"We hold the leaders of the occupation fully responsible for this crime and all its consequences, especially the Israeli Prime Minister, Netanyahu, who is accused of crimes against humanity and is wanted by the International Criminal Court."
Earlier on Monday, the US State Department blamed Hamas for what it said was the "horrible suffering of the Gazan people."
Israel's Channel 12 broadcaster late on Monday evening said that Israel's security apparatus has detected "unusual activity" which could suggest Hamas is preparing for an attack on Israel.
This comes as Israeli officials continue to press the Trump administration to avoid a second phase of the ceasefire as originally agreed in Gaza, and instead make more allowances for Israel to return to war there on an as-needed basis.
The US president's hostage affairs envoy recently withdrew his official nomination for the role after an Israeli diplomat lambasted his unprecedented face to face meetings with Hamas officials.
The UAE is lobbying the Trump administration to torpedo a post-war plan for the Gaza Strip that Egypt drafted and which has been endorsed by the Arab League, US and Egyptian officials told Middle East Eye.
The split is becoming increasingly bitter, with US diplomats concerned that it is harming US interests in the region. It reflects growing Arab competition over who calls the shots in the Gaza Strip’s future governance and reconstruction, as well as different opinions over how much influence Hamas should retain there.
The Emirati pressure poses a dilemma for Cairo because both the UAE and Egypt broadly back the same Palestinian powerbroker for Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, an exiled former Fatah official.
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The green card revocation and arrest of a prominent pro-Palestine activist at Columbia University was not about "speech" but about "actions", State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters on Monday.
She did not provide evidence that Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate from Columbia, acted on anything illegal.
"There's also, I know, a freedom of speech argument, but this is not about speech. It's about actions. It's about things that were done," she said.
"And of course, I don't want to go further, because also this is within a court dynamic. America's got the best court system in the world, and there will be arguments on both sides no doubt regarding this, but it has to be argued."
The White House, as it re-shared a post on X from the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, wrote "Bye-bye Rasha" and then added a photo of a waving Donald Trump from a drive-thru window, in response to the deportation of a Lebanese doctor working in Rhode Island.
Rasha Alawieh was detained upon returning to the US from Lebanon on Friday.
According to DHS, during an interrogation, she told US customs officers that she had attended the funeral of the late Hassan Nasrallah during her visit home. She was later put on a flight to Paris and banned from the US for five years.
US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters on Monday that the decision to oust the South African ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was not because he criticised President Donald Trump's policies but because he cast the US in a negative light.
"This was the equation of the president and the country with white supremacy. It was an allegation that casts such an awful light on the nature of the country," Bruce said in response to a question about whether other ambassadors are allowed to speak critically.
"If we don't have a standard about the nature of someone who is in this country, who is supposed to be a diplomat to help facilitate the relationship between two countries... we deserve better," she added.
Rasool had previously been vocal in his support for South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice and his support for the Palestinian people.
The US Department of Justice on Monday announced that it is launching "Joint Task Force October 7" (JTF 10-7) in order to "focus on targeting, charging, and securing for prosecution in the United States the direct perpetrators of the October 7 [2023] attack".
The decision by attorney general Pam Bondi appeared to stem from her meeting with former Israeli captives held in Gaza, who were taken during the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on 7 October 2023.
"JTF 10-7 will... assume responsibility for the pending charges against Hamas leadership relating to the October 7 attack and other acts of terrorism, and to bring those criminals to the United States to face justice for their reprehensible role in these atrocities," the statement said.
"JTF 10-7 will investigate acts of terrorism and civil rights violations by individuals and entities providing support and financing to Hamas, related Iran proxies, and their affiliates, as well as acts of antisemitism by these groups."
A British graduate student, suspended for his pro-Palestine activism at Cornell University, is suing US President Donald Trump to stop his attempt at deporting international students and scholars who support Palestine and protest against the war on Gaza.
Momodou Taal, 31, has joined forces with a fellow graduate student, a scholar at Cornell University, and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) to file a lawsuit challenging Trump's executive orders, which Taal has described as a "threat to millions in the US and worldwide".
"Today on the advice of counsel, we have sought a national injunction against Trump's executive orders. This is because we cannot allow international students, faculty, immigrants and people with conscience to live in perpetual fear, with the threat of illegal detention hanging over our heads," Taal said in a statement.
