 "India’s US envoy Kwatra discusses bilateral trade ties with US lawmakers")
 "Netanyahu accuses Hamas leaders of derailing ceasefire, says eliminating them in Qatar could end Gaza war")
Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route Sunday and took its 25 crew members hostage, officials said, raising fears that regional tensions heightened over the Israel-Hamas war were playing out on a new maritime front. The Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they hijacked the ship over its connection to Israel and would continue to target ships in international waters that were linked to or owned by Israelis until the end of Israel’s campaign against Gaza’s Hamas rulers. “All ships belonging to the Israeli enemy or that deal with it will become legitimate targets,” the Houthis said. Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the Houthis’ chief negotiator and spokesman, later added in an online statement that the Israelis only understand “the language of force.”
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Muslim nations call for immediate ceasefire
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: The plight of Gaza’s hospitals is at the focus of a battle of narratives over the war’s brutal toll on Palestinian civilians
 "Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Muslim nations call for immediate ceasefire")
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Arab Americans feel betrayed by US support for Israel
In the first officially recognised Arab-American enclave in the United States, “Little Arabia” in California, many people feel betrayed by Washington’s unwavering support for Israel because they have family ties to the West Bank and Gaza.
According to opinion polls, President Joe Biden’s standing has severely declined in Arab-American communities since Israel began its military operation in Gaza in response to the Hamas attack on October 7.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Israeli strike kills 3 south Lebanon
According to Lebanese official media and the channel, Al Mayadeen, an Israeli strike near the Israeli border on Tuesday killed two journalists employed for a Lebanese TV station and a third individual.
Al Mayadeen said that the strike had been carried out on purpose since the TV team was known to be pro-Palestinian and pro-Iran’s regional military alliance. The incident took place close to the town of Tir Harfa, about a mile from the Israeli border.
Israel was also held accountable, according to Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who said in a statement that Israel was trying to muzzle the media with the strike.
Along the border, fighting broke out between Israel and Hezbollah, a Lebanese organisation backed by Iran, following an attack on
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Israeli troops fight Hamas terrorists in north Gaza
In northern Gaza, Israeli troops have been engaged in combat with Palestinian terrorists in an urban refugee camp and outside a neighbouring hospital.
In addition, there has been more fighting near the Indonesian Hospital, where, according to Palestinian health officials, a strike on Monday killed twelve people.
There are shortages of food, water, and fuel for generators to power basic infrastructure across Gaza, although the situation is worst in the northern part of the territory.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Israeli settlements contrary to two-state solution: Australia
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong stated that Israeli settlements in occupied territory are incompatible with a two-state resolution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
WHO plans to evacuate Gaza hospitals
A World Health Organisation representative said on Tuesday that preparations had begun and that three hospitals in the Israeli-occupied Gaza region had asked for assistance in transferring patients.
Throughout the Israel-Hamas conflict, hospitals have been bombarded. All of the hospitals in the northern half of the enclave have essentially stopped operating properly, while some patients who were unable to escape and displaced Gazans are still housed there.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
India urges humanitarian pause in Gaza war
The message from the Indian leadership has been “clear and consistent,” according to India’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, who spoke on November 20 at the Informal meeting of the plenary in the U.N. General Assembly on a briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
“India is in favour of any endeavours made by the global community to defuse tensions and make it possible to provide the Palestinian people with immediate humanitarian aid,” Kamboj declared.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Israel, Hamas close to Gaza hostage deal, says Qatar
According to a spokeswoman for the Qatari foreign ministry on Tuesday, negotiations to release the captives taken during the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel are “close to a deal” and have reached the “final stage.” Negotiations to reach a settlement for the release of hostages, along with the entry of more humanitarian aid into Gaza and a temporary ceasefire, have been underway for weeks between Israel, the United States, and Qatar, which mediates with Hamas.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Mother of Gaza baby moved to Egypt recounts ordeal
Prematurely delivered in Gaza shortly before the start of the conflict, the girl was treated at Al Shifa Hospital until it gradually collapsed. On Monday, she and her mother, along with 27 other Palestinian infants, were evacuated to Egypt.
The mother of the child, Lobna al-Saik, was among a select group of parents who accompanied some of the 28 newborns as they were transported in an ambulance convoy from a hospital in southern Gaza into Egypt for medical attention via the Rafah border crossing.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Israel shares video of Hamas killing woman during Oct. 7 attack
Security camera footage from an outdoor music festival on October 7 was made public by Israel on Monday. It shows Hamas gunmen who entered the country chasing individuals out, with one of them seen killing a woman at close range.
Israel is attempting to deflect criticism from around the world on its handling of the Hamas assault, which precipitated a catastrophic conflict in Gaza. Israeli officials have stated that they will continue their war until Hamas is destroyed, in spite of growing calls for a truce.
“This is a war between good and evil,” an account connected to Israel’s Foreign Ministry stated in a social media post that included the video footage.
In the footage, people can be seen fleeing a celebration that was taking place close to the border on October 7 from Hamas terrorists.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Gaza sanitation ‘perfect storm for tragedy’: UN
Fuel shortages and the worsening sanitation situation in the Gaza Strip is shaping up to be the perfect storm for tragedy through the spread of disease, the United Nations warned Tuesday.
“Without enough fuel, we will see the collapse of sanitation services. So we have then, on top of the mortars and the bombs, a perfect storm for the spread of disease. It’s a perfect storm for tragedy,” UNICEF spokesman James Elder told a press briefing in Geneva.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Hamas officials say hostage agreement could be reached soon
Senior Hamas officials said Tuesday that an agreement could be reached soon in which the militant group would release hostages and Israel would free Palestinian prisoners.
Israel, the United States and Qatar, which mediates with Hamas, have been negotiating for weeks over a hostage release that would be paired with a temporary cease-fire in Gaza and the entry of more humanitarian aid. Similar predictions of a hostage agreement in recent weeks have proven premature.
Israel’s army is widening its operations across northern Gaza, where they battled Palestinian militants on Tuesday in the densely populated Jabaliya refugee camp, the territory’s largest.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Israel strike kills elderly woman in south Lebanon: state media
An Israeli strike killed an elderly woman and wounded her granddaughter in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, state-run media reported.
“Enemy aircraft raided inhabited houses in Kfar Kila, leading to the death of citizen Laiqa Sarhan, 80, and the wounding of her granddaughter,” the official National News Agency said.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Gaza City telecom blackout
The Hamas government press office said there was a communications blackout in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip after an Israeli strike hit the telecoms towers.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Netanyahu vows no letup
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed there would be no letup in the army’s offensive in Gaza, again pledging to crush Hamas and ensure the hostages are released.
“We will not stop fighting until we bring our hostages home,” Netanyahu declared after meeting relatives of those abducted.
Families expressed frustration after the meeting.
“We wanted to hear about a deal and that return of the abductees is a priority among the war objectives. We didn’t hear that,” said Udi Goren, whose cousin Tal Haimi is among the hostages,
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Latest developments on the Israel-Hamas War
- Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh says the party has given Qatari negotiators their reaction to a prospective truce arrangement.
- While Israel has yet to acknowledge such a pact, it is likely that it would entail a captive-prisoner swap.
- The Israeli bombing on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza has killed at least 20 Palestinians.
- The Israeli force also claims to have finished encircling Jabalia in northern Gaza.
- According to the Gaza Health Ministry, all hospitals in northern Gaza are currently closed.
- Israel returns its ambassador to South Africa “for consultations” ahead of a legislative vote on the embassy’s fate.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Hamas chief says truce deal with Israel is ‘close’
The chief of Hamas told Reuters on Tuesday that the Palestinian militant group was near a truce agreement with Israel, even as the deadly assault on Gaza continued and rockets were being fired into Israel.
Hamas officials were “close to reaching a truce agreement” with Israel and the group has delivered its response to Qatari mediators, Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement sent to Reuters by his aide.
The statement gave no more details, but a Hamas official told Al Jazeera TV that negotiations were centred on how long the truce would last, arrangements for delivery of aid into Gaza and the exchange of Israeli hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Palestinian children at a playground in Khan Younis
Palestinian children found some relief from the horrors of the Gaza war at a playground in Khan Younis, though the horrors of war are never far away pic.twitter.com/m4UH48CrVc
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 19, 2023
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Israeli troops battle militants across north Gaza
Israeli troops battled Palestinian militants in a dense, urban refugee camp on Tuesday as they expanded operations across northern Gaza, where residents have been without electricity, water or access to humanitarian aid for weeks, news agency AP reported.
In the seventh week of the ongoing war, the front line of the conflict has shifted to Jabaliya camp, a dense warren of concrete buildings near Gaza City that houses refugees from the 1948 war and their descendants.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Metula mayor charges: Israel has effectively formed a ‘security zone’ south of the border
The head of Metula in the north, near the Lebanon border, has decried the new state of affairs in the vicinity of his town, with communities emptied due to the threat from Hezbollah.
“In effect, Israel has formed a security zone 5 kilometers south of the border,” Mayor David Azoulay says according to Walla news, referencing the former “security zone” Israel once held in south Lebanon.
“I call on Israel to form a [security] zone of 4-5 kilometers north of the border,” he says.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Israeli troops battle militants across north Gaza, which has been cut off from services for weeks
Israeli troops battled Palestinian militants in a dense, urban refugee camp on Tuesday as they expanded operations across northern Gaza, where residents have been without electricity, water or access to humanitarian aid for weeks.
The front line of the war, now in its seventh week, has shifted to the Jabaliya camp, a dense warren of concrete buildings near Gaza City that houses refugees from the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation and their descendants. Israel has been bombarding the area for weeks, and the military said Hamas fighters have regrouped there and in other eastern districts after being pushed out of much of Gaza City.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Israeli foreign ministry says recalls its ambassador from South Africa
Israel’s foreign ministry said Monday it had recalled its ambassador from Pretoria, one day before South Africa is due to host a virtual BRICS summit on the war in Gaza.
“Following the latest South African statements, the Ambassador of Israel to Pretoria has been recalled to Jerusalem for consultations,” said ministry spokesman Lior Haiat on social media site X, formerly Twitter, without giving specifics.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Anti-tank guided missiles fired from Lebanon towards Israel
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said three anti-tank guided missiles were fired in northern Israel from Lebanon, The Times of Israel reported.
The missiles targeted the Metula area and no injuries or casualties were reported.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
IDF says it struck rocket launchers, hundreds of other targets in past day
The IDF claims it hit a Hamas rocket launcher that fired towards central Israel yesterday overnight.
According to the army, the launcher was placed next to a residential building, and after the hit, women and children who were hiding there left the area.
A Hamas rocket launcher which fired at central Israel yesterday was struck overnight. The IDF says the launcher was positioned adjacent to a residential building. pic.twitter.com/S4gmXJZUmM
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) November 21, 2023
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
28 premature babies arrive in Egypt after evacuating Gaza’s Shifa hospital
The World Health Organisation evacuated up to 28 preterm newborns from Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital on Monday, according to the Associated Press.
The Red Crescent reported three others were evacuated to an Emirati-run hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza. More than 250 severely ill or injured people remain at the Shifa facility, which Israeli soldiers assaulted a few days ago.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
17 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombardment of Nuseirat camp in Gaza
Seventeen Palestinians were killed in Israeli bombardment of Nuseirat camp in Gaza at midnight, the Palestinian official news agency Wafa said early on Tuesday.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
White House criticises ‘inappropriate’ use of ‘genocide’ to describe Gaza war
US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby has taken issue with the use of the term “genocide” by some critics of Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Responding to a reporter’s question about some pro-Palestinian protesters calling US President Joe Biden “Genocide Joe”, Kirby said people have the right to say what they want, but the word “genocide” is being thrown around inappropriately.
“What Hamas wants, make no mistake about it, is genocide. They want to wipe Israel off the map. They’ve said so publicly on more than one occasion — in fact, just recently,” Kirby said during a media briefing. “And they’ve said that they’re not going to stop, what happened on the 7th of October is going to happen again and again and again.”
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Amid deadly Gaza assault, Hamas chief says close to truce agreement with Israel
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on Tuesday said that the Palestinian militant group was near a truce agreement with Israel, even as the deadly assault on Gaza continued and rockets were being fired into Israel.
Hamas officials revealed they are “close to reaching a truce agreement” with Israel and the group has delivered its response to Qatari mediators, Haniyeh said in a statement sent to news agency Reuters by his aide.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
IDF’s intel official ‘warned’ Netanyahu of security risks posed by judicial overhaul
A top intel official reportedly warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the threat posed by his judicial overhaul plans that encouraged Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas to take military action against Israel.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted Brigadier General Amit Saar, the head of the Israel Defense Forces Military (IDF) Intelligence Research Department, saying that he had first appealed to Netanyahu on March 19, a week before Knesset was due to approve the judicial overhaul bill. This was also the time when Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was fired for calling to pause the overhaul.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
‘A war between good and evil’: Israel releases fresh video of Hamas gunman executing Israeli woman on 7 October
Israel has shared a video purportedly capturing a young Israeli woman being executed by a Hamas gunman on 7 October.
In the video shared on X by an account linked to Israel’s foreign ministry, Hamas gunmen can be seen chasing people from an outdoor music festival, with one seen executing a woman at point-blank range.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Seized Galaxy Leader ship in Yemen’s Hodeidah port area –owner
The Galaxy Leader commercial ship was “illegally boarded by military personnel via a helicopter” on Nov. 19 and is now in the Hodeidah port area in Yemen, the vessel’s owner said on Monday.
“All communications were subsequently lost with the vessel,” Isle of Man registered Galaxy Maritime Ltd, owner of the pure car carrier Galaxy Leader, said in a statement.
“The company, as a shipping concern, will not be commenting further on the political or geopolitical situation.”
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis released video footage on Monday showing armed men dropping from a helicopter and seizing a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Two ships divert course away from Red Sea area after vessel seized by Houthis
According to shipping statistics and the British maritime security firm Ambrey, two commercial ships that redirected their route in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden were linked to the same marine gang whose vessel was taken by Yemen’s Houthis.
The Houthis seized a British-owned, Japanese-operated cargo ship in the southern Red Sea on Sunday, denouncing the event as a “Iranian act of terrorism” with implications for world maritime security.
The Houthis, a Tehran ally, admitted seizing a ship in the vicinity but characterised it as Israeli.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Israel reveals signs of Hamas activity at Shifa, but a promised command center remains elusive
Three weeks ago, the Israeli military released a comprehensive 3D model of Shifa Hospital in Gaza, revealing a series of subterranean structures that it said were part of an intricate Hamas command and control centre beneath the territory’s major health-care facility.
The military has yet to reveal this alleged centre, despite taking possession of the hospital just days ago. However, it has posted recordings showing reportedly confiscated weaponry within the hospital, a tunnel extending across the building, and films that appear to show Hamas militants hauling hostages through the hospital’s halls. According to Israel, there will be much more to come.
What Israel finds – or fails to find – could play a large part in its efforts to rally international support for its war against Hamas, launched on Oct. 7 in response to a bloody cross-border attack by the Islamic militant group.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Israel battles Hamas near another Gaza hospital sheltering thousands
On Monday, Israeli soldiers launched an operation against Hamas in northern Gaza, battling militants surrounding a hospital where thousands of patients and displaced people had been hiding for weeks, and where health personnel were able to transfer some of the wounded despite the fighting.
According to a medical worker within the institution and the Health Ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza, a shell hit the second floor of the Indonesian Hospital, killing 12 people. Both accused Israel, which denied attacking the hospital and said its forces retaliated against terrorists who attacked them from within the 3.5-acre (1.4-hectare) facility.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Key recent events:
- In a Telegram post, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh stated, “We are close to reaching a deal on a truce.” Earlier, Netanyahu visited with hostages’ relatives, calling their safe return a “sacred and supreme mission.”
- According to Wafa, an Israeli strike killed 17 people in the Nuseirat refugee camp, while another Israeli hit killed at least three individuals in Jabalia.
- Israel’s nighttime raids on the West Bank have continued, with the Palestinian Red Crescent claiming that Israeli troops shot and injured a young Palestinian.
- The Indonesian Hospital has been besieged by Israeli tanks, trapping hundreds of people inside. It is one of many hospitals targeted by Israel, with the WHO reporting 335 assaults on healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip and West Bank since October 7.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Civilian killings in Gaza ‘unparalled and unprecedented’, says UN chief
According to CNN, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres claimed the number of civilians murdered in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip has been “unparalleled and unprecedented” in any battle since he took office in 2017.
“What is clear is that we have had in a few weeks thousands of children killed. So this is what matters. We are witnessing a killing of civilians that is unparalleled and unprecedented in any conflict since I am Secretary-General,” Guterres said in a press conference.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Talks underway include temporary truce, hostages-prisoners swap deal: Hamas official
Talks underway between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel are about a temporary truce for arranging entry of aid into the Gaza Strip and a hostages-prisoners swap deal, Hamas official Izzat el Reshiq told Al Jazeera TV on Tuesday.
“The expected agreement will include the release of Israeli women and children hostages in exchange for release of Palestinian children and women in the occupation’s prisons,” he added.
The details of the truce will be announced by Qatari officials, el Reshiq said.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Netanyahu meet hostage families, says securing their release ‘supreme mission’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with families of more than 200 Israelis who are being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. Netanyahu said his government will help in securing their release and stressed it was a “sacred and supreme mission”, The Times of Israel reported.
“We will not let up until they are returned and this is the responsibility of me and the war cabinet,” he said in a statement.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
Palestinian state best guarantee of Israel security: EU’s Borrell
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday that the establishment of a Palestinian state would be the best way of ensuring Israel’s security.
Borrell held a video meeting with foreign ministers from the EU’s 27 countries after touring the Middle East for talks on Israel’s war with Hamas.
The EU’s top diplomat said that he had drawn “a fundamental political conclusion” from his discussions across the region.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
India welcomes efforts for humanitarian pauses in Israel-Hamas conflict
India has welcomed humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas war, as well as international attempts to de-escalate the conflict and provide vital humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.
Speaking at the UN General Assembly’s Informal Plenary Meeting on a briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip on Monday, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj emphasised that the message from the Indian leadership has been “clear and consistent.”
Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates
We are approaching truce agreement with Israel: Hamas chief Haniyeh
Hamas officials are “approaching a truce agreement” with Israel and the group delivered its response to Qatari officials, the leader of the Palestinian group, Ismail Haniyeh, said in a statement sent to Reuters by his aide.
There were no further details about the terms of the potential agreement.
‘The cries of this widow will echo’: In first public remarks, Erika Kirk warns Charlie’s killers they’ve ‘unleashed a fire’
Erika Kirk delivered an emotional speech from her late husband's studio, addressing President Trump directly. She urged people to join a church and keep Charlie Kirk's mission alive, despite technical interruptions. Erika vowed to continue Charlie's campus tours and podcast, promising his mission will not end.
More Impact Shorts "Russian drones over Poland: Trump’s tepid reaction a wake-up call for Nato?")
 "As Russia pushes east, Ukraine faces mounting pressure to defend its heartland")
 "Why Mossad was not on board with Israel’s strike on Hamas in Qatar")
 "Turkey: Erdogan's police arrest opposition mayor Hasan Mutlu, dozens officials in corruption probe")
 "Russian drones over Poland: Trump’s tepid reaction a wake-up call for Nato?")
 "As Russia pushes east, Ukraine faces mounting pressure to defend its heartland")
 "Why Mossad was not on board with Israel’s strike on Hamas in Qatar")
 "Turkey: Erdogan's police arrest opposition mayor Hasan Mutlu, dozens officials in corruption probe")
Top Shows
