At least 10,000 killed in Gaza; South Africa joins diplomatic boycott of Israel
At a press conference, a spokesperson for the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the Palestinian death toll from the ongoing war with Israel has reached 10,022 people, including 4,104 children and 2,641 women
At a glance:
- Heavy bombardment continues throughout the night across Gaza.
- At least 10,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza and the occupied West Bank since October 7.
- More than 1,400 people were killed in Hamas's attack on Israel.
- The party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemns Israel's "barbaric war of extermination".
- The UN says 88 UNRWA staff killed in Gaza, the "highest number" of "UN fatalities ever recorded in a single conflict".
- Jordan says its air force parachuted urgent medical aid to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza.
9:00pm
Al-Shifa Hospital must be protected: Ministry spokesman
A spokesman for the Gaza health ministry has warned that Israel is "preparing something bad" for Al-Shifa medical complex.
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His comments came after the attack on the solar panel roof that we reported on earlier.
The spokesman said the hospital cannot be evacuated, since it is housing thousands of wounded people, kidney dialysis patients and newborns in neonatal intensive care units, in addition to IDPs.
8:00pm
CIA director visits Israel in bid to increase intelligence sharing
CIA Director Bill Burns is visiting Israel in bid to increase intelligence sharing and ensure there is cooperation with allies and partners when it comes to securing the release of American hostages in Gaza.
The US has stopped short of calling for a ceasefire but is hoping there can be a more targeted approach to limit civilian casualties.
7:59pm
Israel shells Shifa hospital solar panel system: Report
Israel's military targeted the solar panel system of a building in Al Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza, media reports say.
Multiple solar panels on the roofs of standing buildings, particularly in Gaza City, have been destroyed in the past few days during Israeli bombardments.
This has eliminated one of the remaining sources of energy, which is not dependent on fuel.
7:49pm
10,022 people, including 4,104 children, dead in Israeli attacks
At a press conference, a spokesperson for the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the Palestinian death toll from the ongoing war with Israel has reached 10,022 people, including 4,104 children and 2,641 women.
The number of wounded since 7 October stands at 25,408.
The Al-Rantisi Hospital was targeted twice by Israeli air attacks. The Cancer Center and the Specialised Children Center were also targeted, the spokesperson said.
The health ministry informed that Israel had conducted 18 attacks in the past hours, killing 252 people. A total of 192 medical staff were killed and 32 ambulances destroyed since 7 October, while 16 hospitals are now out of service.
The targeting of bakeries is adding to the food crisis.
Israel is taking the international community's silence as a green light to continue its massacres, the spokesperson said.
7:00pm
Rafah crossing reopens for evacuations: Gaza border authority
Gaza's border authority has just announced that the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza has opened.
Foreigners and dual-nationals on the Egyptian-Israeli exit list will be allowed to leave Gaza through the crossing.
6:00pm
South Africa recalls its diplomats in Israel for consultations
South Africa said it will recall all its diplomats in Israel for consultation, reports Al Jazeera.
Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, a minister in the president's office, told a press briefing that all diplomatic staff in Tel Aviv would be asked back to Pretoria for consultations.
2:15pm
Communication services 'gradually' resuming in Gaza
Palestinian telecommunication company Paltel has announced that phone lines and the internet have "gradually begun working" across Gaza after the Strip experienced a communications blackout for the third time on Sunday.
2pm
Israel's Iron Dome system malfunctions
Israel's Iron Dome defence system has reportedly malfunctioned, with an interceptor rocket landing in the central area of the city of Rishon LeZion, south of Tel Aviv.
The video below was posted on X by Quds News Network. Qatar-based media organisation Al Jazeera verified it.
1:50pm
Blinken in Turkey for talks on Gaza
US Secretary of State Blinken arrived in Turkey this morning to discuss with the ongoing situation in Gaza, regional issues, and bilateral relations with Turkish officials.
Blinken's visited the occupied West Bank and Baghdad on Sunday amid growing fears the war could escalate into a broader regional conflict.
1:45pm
Iraq PM says pressure on Israel needed to avoid wider war
Speaking after the Iranian president, the Iraqi PM has urged countries to put pressure on Israel to stop attacking civilians to avoid a broader conflict, reports Al-Jazeera.
"Those who don't want the expansion of this war must put pressure on Israel to stop this organised massacre," Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said.
He added that the ongoing war was not just the result of the October 7 attack, but also years of forced displacement of Palestinians and the "desecration" of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Al-Sudani accused the global community of having done little to implement international resolutions and of having failed to fulfil its obligations.
1:45pm
Iran says US complicit in Israeli 'massacre'
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has accused the US of being complicit in a "massacre" in Gaza by sending military and financial aid to Israel, reports Al-Jazeera.
Speaking at a news briefing alongside Iraqi PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Raisi said Iran supported any form of cooperation that would limit civilian casualties inside the besieged enclave.
Raisi acknowledged that Iraq and Iran were aligned in their positions and both believed in the necessity for an "immediate ceasefire".
1:40pm
Israel's military says it 'coordinated' with Jordan to drop aid into Gaza
Israel's military says it "coordinated" with Jordan to airdrop medical aid into Gaza.
A Jordanian plane, in coordination with Israeli forces, overnight "dropped medical equipment and food to the Jordanian Hospital in the Gaza Strip", the Israeli army said in a statement on Monday.
"The equipment will be used by the medical staff for patients."
The Israeli statement comes after Jordan's King Abdullah II earlier announced that his country's air force had airdropped medical aid to a Jordanian field hospital in the besieged enclave.
King Abdullah said it was Jordan's "duty" to help and that "we will always be there for our Palestinian brethren".
1:30pm
UK temporarily withdraws embassy staff from Lebanon
The UK's Foreign Office says it will temporarily withdraw some embassy staff from Lebanon.
Earlier, the UK issued travel advisories, warning Britons against travelling to Lebanon due to Israel's war on Gaza and the risk of it spreading.
Fighting is also taking place on the Israel-Lebanon border between Hezbollah fighters and the Israeli army.
1:15pm
UN is 'not fit for its purpose'
The UN has been "utterly useless" in demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and Ukraine, Geoffrey Robertson, a human rights barrister, says.
"There is no difference between the war crimes of Putin and Netanyahu. Both are indiscriminately killing civilians and yet the UN is utterly useless," Robertson told Al Jazeera.
"It is not fit for its purpose because the UN Security Council is nearly a talking shop," he said, adding that the power to veto decisions does not help since every negotiation for a ceasefire in Ukraine has been vetoed by Russia while the US last week vetoed a ceasefire resolution in relation to Gaza.
12:55pm
Israel says it's taken control of Hamas outpost and hit 450 targets in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says its ground forces "took control of a Hamas outpost in Gaza" last night. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the Israeli military says that the outpost was fitted with "observation posts, training facilities for terrorist operatives, as well as terrorist tunnels".
It adds, that in the operation "a number of terrorists were eliminated".
The IDF also says that during the last day its fighter jets attacked "about 450 targets... including military compounds, observation posts, anti-tank posts" and more.
On Sunday, Israel said it had "surrounded" Gaza City, as it continues with its aim to eliminate Hamas, a proscribed terrorist group in the UK, US, EU and others, after it launched a series of deadly attacks on 7 October.
12:50pm
Israel says Palestinian activist arrested for 'inciting terrorism'
Ahed Tamimi, a prominent Palestinian activist has been arrested by Israeli forces during overnight raids in the occupied West Bank, reports Al-Jazeera.
The Israeli army has said she was arrested for "inciting terrorism."
An army spokesperson told AFP that Tamimi had been transferred to Israeli security forces for further questioning.
Tamimi became famous in 2012 for confronting and standing up to an Israeli soldier in defence of her brother.
She was also arrested in 2017 after a video of her slapping and hitting two Israeli soldiers outside of her house in the village of Nabi Saleh went viral.
12:40pm
About 50 Palestinians arrested in occupied West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners' Club says about 50 Palestinians were arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank during overnight raids.
Among those arrested is an adviser to the Palestinian Authority, Fatah member Rafat Alian and prominent Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi.
12:20pm
New Israeli attacks in central Gaza
As we've been reporting, there has been no let-up in the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that at least 45 Palestinians have been killed and a big number missing after Israel bombed two homes in Deir al-Balah and al-Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip.
Almost 9,800 Palestinians have now been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since 7 October.
12pm
Jordan says air force dropped urgent medical aid to Gaza
Jordan's air force personnel air-dropped urgent medical aid to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza early on Monday, according to a post on X from Jordan's king and state media.
"A royal air force plane dropped urgent medical aid using parachutes to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza whose supplies were about to run out due to the delay of delivering aid through Rafah crossing", Jordan's state news agency said citing a military source in the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces.
Jordan announced last week recalled its ambassador to Israel and told the Israeli ambassador to stay away in protest at the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, saying the attacks had killed innocents and caused a humanitarian catastrophe.
11:30am
Guided missile sub has arrived in Middle East, US says in rare announcement
The US military said in a rare announcement that a guided missile submarine had arrived in the Middle East, sending a clear message of deterrence to regional adversaries as the Biden administration tries to avoid a broader conflict amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, CNN reports.
The US Central Command announced on social media on Sunday that an Ohio-class submarine had entered its domain. The photo accompanying the announcement appeared to show the submarine in the Suez Canal northeast of Cairo.
The sub was not identified in the social media post, but the US Navy has four Ohio-class guided missile submarines, or SSGNs, which are former ballistic missile submarines converted to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles rather than nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles.
10:50am
US pushes for pause in fighting as Israel says it has cut Gaza in two
It's gone midnight in London, 02:00 in the morning in Gaza and Israel, and 03:00 in Turkey - where America's top diplomat has arrived for talks, BBC reports.
This follows Antony Blinken's visit to the West Bank and Iraq on Sunday during a diplomatic dash of the region. He's been discussing efforts to prevent the Gaza conflict from spreading and continues to push for a pause in the fighting.
The BBC's Anthony Zurcher points out he is trying to find a middle ground where none currently exists. The Israeli PM has rejected the idea of a humanitarian pause for now, while Israel's Arab neighbour's have been calling for an immediate ceasefire.
Turkey's relations with Israel have become increasingly frayed as the death toll in the conflict mounts.
Meanwhile, Israel says its forces have cut Gaza in two after its ground offensive against Hamas reached the Mediterranean coast in the Palestinian territory. A military spokesman said Gaza City was now completely encircled.
There have been airstrikes and huge explosions in the north of the enclave – the most intense since the war began, the BBC's reporter in the Gaza Strips tells us. Phone and internet services have again been cut.
The UN – which is housing many of the 1.5 million displaced Gazans - says 48 of its sites across the Gaza Strip have been damaged since the war broke out.
10:36am
At least 27 killed in overnight bombardment across Gaza: Report
Wafa has confirmed that at least 27 people were killed following a series of strikes across Gaza early on Monday, Al Jazeera reports.
At least 15 people were killed in the strike in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza.
At least 10 people were also killed in Al-Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip, while two others were killed in a strike on a home in the Jabalia refugee camp.
Some areas of Gaza have not been reached by authorities or emergency services due to heavy bombardment early on Monday and it is likely that the death toll could be higher.
8:50am
Several deaths reported in Gaza area near Rafah
Several people have been reported killed following an Israeli air strike on the southern area of the Gaza Strip.
According to a video posted by Al Jazeera Arabic on X, at least five people from the family of the public relations chief at al-Najjar Hospital were killed at their residence near Rafah.
Images from the video clip showed family members weeping next to the remains of their family members, who were wrapped in white shrouds.
8:10am
Two dead, including child, in Israeli strike on Khan Younis: Wafa
Wafa has reported that two people, including a child, have been killed in an Israeli strike on a house in Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources told Wafa that the attack hit a home on al-Muhafadha Street in the city.
Wafa reported that air attacks have also taken place in Gaza City's Al-Shati refugee camp, as well as near Al-Shifa Hospital.
7:55am
Communications blackout across Gaza
Gaza was plunged into a communications blackout on Sunday for the third time in 10 days, again leaving its people without access to internet or phone services as night fell and Israel's heavy bombardment of the enclave continued.
The widespread blackout began shortly before sunset, around 4:20pm local time, according to NetBlocks, an internet monitoring service.
7:50am
Legal action questions Australian weapons exports to Israel
Palestinian human rights groups have launched a legal action in the Federal Court of Australia seeking access to Australian arms and weapons export permits to Israel.
The rights organisations Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) announced they had lodged the legal action on Monday together with the Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ). According to the ACIJ this is the first legal challenge of its kind "attempting to shed light on arms exports permits in Australia".
7:40am
Clashes reported near occupied West Bank's Nablus
A video posted by Al Jazeera Arabic on X showed fire erupting near two armoured vehicles in the occupied West Bank's city of Nablus, amid the latest night raid carried out by Israeli forces.
According to the post, the incident happened in the last hour in the Mount Ebal area.
Sounds of gunfire and individuals chanting in support of Palestine were also heard in the background.
7:10am
UN Security Council to meet on Monday
The UN Security Council will hold a closed door meeting on the violence in Israel and Gaza on Monday, according to the news site Security Council Report (SCR).
The meeting was requested by the United Arab Emirates and China, SCR reported.
Council members may consider a new resolution on Israel and Gaza put forward by the 10 elected members of the Security Council at the meeting, SCR added.
7am
'Intense bombings' around Gaza hospitals amid blackout
Israel continues heavy shelling in the vicinity of several hospitals in the north of the Gaza Strip, officials in the besieged enclave say as all communications and internet services have once again been cut.
"For more than an hour, intense bombings have been taking place around hospitals," Salama Maarouf, head of the Hamas government's media office, said on Sunday evening. The vicinity of the Palestinian territory's largest hospital, Al Shifa, saw particularly heavy strikes, according to Marouf.
Al Jazeera's Safwat Kahlout, reporting from Deir Al Balah in central Gaza, also said the most intense shelling on Sunday was taking place in the area surrounding the hospital.
6:50am
At least 10 killed in strike on Gaza's Zawaida
Al Jazeera Arabic has reported that at least 10 people have been killed after an Israeli air attack hit Gaza's Zawaida area.
Zawaida is in the central part of the Palestinian territory between Deir al-Balah to the south and the Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps to the north.
The central part of Gaza saw a series of intense Israeli bombardments early on Monday, despite the Israeli military encouraging civilians to travel there.
6:20am
Israeli army says has intermittently stopped firing over two days to allow civilians to flee
An Israeli military spokesperson has told CNN that his country's forces stopped firing for several hours in the last two days to give civilians safe passage to leave the north of the Gaza Strip.
"Yesterday and today, for many hours with prior notice and warning, we facilitated, we stopped firing in certain areas of northern Gaza, which is the main combat area, and we called on Palestinians to move south," Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said.
The claims are despite the continued Israeli bombing of southern Gaza, which has killed dozens of Palestinians in the last 24 hours, and reported Israeli attacks on civilians fleeing south on Friday.
6am
Palestinian group Fatah denounces Israel's 'barbaric war of extermination'
In a meeting late on Sunday, the Fatah Central Committee said they discussed the latest developments of the ongoing Israeli bombing of Gaza and reaffirmed the Palestinian position calling for an end to the war.
The Fatah statement also said that members of the committee were briefed on the results of a meeting of the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the Palestinian Authority and the US, as well as the meeting between PA President Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah, reports Al-Jazeera.
