Israel-Palestine War: What Has Transpired So Far As The Conflict Rolls Into Fourth Day | Read Here

Israel-Palestine Crisis: For the first time since 1973's Yom Kippur War, nearly fifty years after, on October 7 Israel formally declared war after in a surprise attack Palestine brazenly launched a large-scale offensive against Israel from the Gaza strip led by Hamas. Palestinian militant groups fired at least 3000 rockets from the Gaza strip as Hamas militants broke through the border and entered Israel killing over 900 already. Meanwhile over thousands Palestinians have been killed on the Gaza strip after hours of intense bombardment by Israeli jets, Hamas, the Islamist movement which controls Gaza. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that though Israel did not start this war but the country “will finish it". "Israel is at war. We didn't want this war. It was forced upon us in the most brutal and savage way. But though Israel didn't start this war, Israel will finish it," had said Netanyahu in an address to the nation.

Hamas earlier warned that civilian hostages would be executed without any prior notice and the killings will be broadcast if Israel targets people in Gaza. The group claimed that it is holding more than 100 hostages, including Israeli army officers, CNN reported. 

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-As the conflict rolled into its fourth day Israel has announced an emergency plan, which will be activated if foreign airlines completely stop flights to the country. According to the emergency plan, Israeli airlines will launch an increased number of flights to Israel at four airports in New York, Frankfurt, Athens, and Dubai, which were chosen to serve as departure hubs for their connectivity with global airports. Israeli airlines have added more than 20 flights to transfer Israelis, and more than 100,000 have so far returned to the country since the conflict broke out on October 7, according to the statement.

- The Israeli military on Tuesday confirmed that it had found no aerial infiltration from Syria or Lebanon after scrambling forces in response to a report it had received. Israel is on high alert for any spread of its Gaza war to the north, where on Monday it repelled a Lebanese border incursion.

-Israel has begun distributing thousands of assault rifles to volunteer first-response teams in border communities and mixed Jewish-Arab towns, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said in a social media post. He said 4,000 Israeli-made rifles would be given out in the first round, with at least another 6,000 to follow.

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-Over 180,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are packed into United Nations shelters as Israeli warplanes pound the tiny territory. Israeli air operations havestruck residential buildings, including large tower blocks, as well as schools and U.N. buildings across Gaza, resulting in civilian casualties, the United Nations Human Rights chief said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed that the bodies of some 1,500 Hamas militants were found inside Israeli territory as fighting rages between the two sides since the October 7 unprecedented attack, reported Reuters. 

-Various nations have reported citizens perished and abducted by Hamas which includes at least 18 from Thailand, 15 Argentinians, 11 from the US and over 10 Britons, the BBC broadcaster reported. 

- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressing concerns over the safety of Indians in Israel and sought the Centre's intervention to secure 7,000 Keralites currently in that country. "A good number of them, around 7,000, are from Kerala. The continuing hostilities are putting these civilians to extreme hardships and their family members are in a state of extreme anxiety. I request your good self to intervene in every possible way to ensure the safety of our citizens in Israel," the CM wrote. 

-The United Nations humanitarian office said that nearly 200,000 people or nearly a tenth of the population, have fled their homes in Gaza since the start of hostilities and are poised for shortages of water and electricity due to a blockade. "Displacement has escalated dramatically across the Gaza strip, reaching more than 187,500 people since Saturday. Most are taking shelter in schools," Jens Laerke, OCHA spokesperson said during a briefing. 

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The Israeli military said it had mobilised an unprecedented 300,000 troops and was imposing a blockade on the Gaza Strip, in a sign it may be planning a ground assault in response to the devastating weekend attack by Hamas gunmen. This is the largest mobilisation since the 1973 Yom Kippur War when Israel called up 400,000 reservists, Times of Israel reported.