KEY POINTS
- Israel's foreign minister said Guterres' move 'constitutes support' of Hamas
- White House discussed Gaza operations timeline with Israel
- Penn's president issued a statement amid backlash over congress testimony
The Israel-Hamas war has entered its 62nd day, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that the Israeli forces will find Hamas' top leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, as they advance deeper into his hometown, Khan Yunis.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday invoked the UN Charter's Article 99, with an Israeli envoy calling the move a "new moral low."
- Israel allows more fuel to enter the Gaza Strip
- US rep slams Penn's 'pathetic PR clean up attempt'
- Harvard president says congress testimony was misinterpreted
- 'Significant advances' being made in Khan Yunis: IDF spokesperson
- Israeli envoy slams UN chief for alleged 'bias against Israel'
- Rocket sirens sound in northern community of Margaliot: Local media
- Freed hostages demand action from Israeli government for remaining abductees
- Israeli army has a mission to hunt down Sinwar and kill him: Report
- Hamas sought to make Israel complacent as it planned Oct. 7 attacks: Report
- France, Saudi reportedly in talks for deal to end Gaza war
- Saudi asked US to show restraint after Houthis' Red Sea attacks: Report
- Houthi official warns Saudi and UAE not to join anti-Yemen coalition
- 12 rockets fired toward Israeli civilians from Gaza, near UN facility: IDF
- Israelis treated more brutally than others in captivity: Freed Thai hostage
- US DOJ investigating killings, abductions of Americans on Oct. 7
- Fire exchanges with Hezbollah in Lebanon continue: Israeli army
- Palestinian woman says Hamas takes all the humanitarian aid underground
Ground battles are raging between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas militants, especially in Khan Yunis, Gaza's second-largest city, which the Israeli army encircled Wednesday. There is also fierce fighting in the Shuja'iyya district in northern Gaza and the Jabalia refugee camp.
Earlier this week, Qatar said that it would continue to work on getting Israel and Hamas back to the negotiation table for another ceasefire and hostage release deal, but there has been no news about whether the mediators have made progress.
The presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT have been under public scrutiny since Tuesday after their testimonies at a Congress hearing that discussed the surge of anti-Semitism in prestigious American universities. U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., has since called out the follow-up statements of Penn and Harvard's leadership.
Longstanding Israel-Palestine tensions erupted on Oct. 7, when Hamas militants launched a surprise invasion of Israel, killing more than a thousand people and abducting over 200 Israelis and foreigners. There are still more than 130 hostages in captivity, the IDF said.
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Heavy fighting in Jabalia
As Israeli ground forces continue to clash against Hamas militants in Khan Yunis Thursday, there is also fierce fighting in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. In the area, the Israeli army said it located a network of tunnels.
