The Bottom Line
- Tuesday marks the 60th day of the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
- We are well into the truce that expired on Friday. Israel "expanded its ground operation" on Monday to the Khan Younis area in the southern Gaza Strip.
- Hamas' health ministry said Monday that nearly 16,000 people, 70 percent of them women, children and teenagers, have been killed since October 7.
- The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, denounced the "intolerable" suffering of the population during a visit to Gaza.
- The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza is at a loss as to where to advise civilians.
- Despite the war against Hamas, Benjamin Netanyahu's trial for corruption has resumed.
06:12
Israeli military denies asking WHO to evacuate warehouses in Gaza
The Israeli army denies that it has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to empty a medical aid warehouse in the southern Gaza Strip within 24 hours.
"The truth is that we did not ask to evacuate the warehouses and we made this clear and in writing to the relevant UN officials," the Israeli defense body overseeing civilian activities in the Palestinian territories (COGAT) said.
05:56
All telecommunications at a standstill in the Gaza Strip
The Palestinian telecommunications company, Paltel, announced last night that "all telecommunications services in the Gaza Strip" were at a standstill, due to "a shutdown of the main fiber networks on the Israeli side." Telecommunications have already been cut off twice in the Gaza Strip, the first time on 27 October when the Israeli army launched its ground operations in the northern Palestinian territory. The second, on 16 November, due to a lack of fuel to power the company's generators.
05:40
Hello everyone!
Welcome to this live coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas.