Gaza Land Incursion Launched Amid West Bank Raids

Palestinians evacuate two wounded boys out of the destruction following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. The U.N. warned on Wednesday that it is on the verge of running out of fuel in the Gaza Strip, forcing it to sharply curtail relief efforts in the territory blockaded and devastated by Israeli airstrikes since Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel more than two weeks ago.(AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

By Virginia Pietromarchi, Hamza Mohamed and Mersiha Gadzo

26 Oct 2023

The Israeli army says it conducted an overnight ground raid inside Gaza targeting Hamas positions using tanks.

Al Jazeera condemns Israel’s “indiscriminate assault” on Gaza after family members of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh are killed in an air raid.

President Biden faces backlash for questioning the Gaza death toll and describing the deaths of innocent Palestinians in the besieged enclave as “the price of waging war”.

Russia-led UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip fails shortly after Moscow and Beijing vetoed a resolution put forward by Washington.

At least 6,546 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, while more than 1,400 people have been killed in Israel since October 7.