Qatar pushes for return to truce in Gaza
Qatar is committed to efforts to return to a truce in Gaza, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said. Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
"His Excellency emphasized during the meeting that Qatar is committed to its partners in mediation and continuing efforts to restore pacification. He stresses that the continuation of bombardment on Gaza after the end of the truce complicates the mediation efforts and aggravates the Humanitarian tragedy in the strip," the ministry said.
The pair discussed the latest developments in "Gaza, the occupied Palestinian lands, and the way to de-escalate and cease-fire," according to the ministry.
Al Thani expressed "Qatar’s firm stance of condemning any targeting civilians and that killing innocent civilians, mainly women and children, and practicing collective punishment is unacceptable under any pretext," per the ministry.
Palestine Red Crescent says Israel preventing entry of aid through Rafah crossing
The Palestine Red Crescent Society says Israel is preventing the entry of aid through the Rafah crossing.
“Today, Israeli occupation forces informed all organizations and entities operating at the Rafah border crossing that the entry of aid trucks from the Egyptian side to the #Gaza Strip is prohibited, starting from today until further notice," the organization wrote on its X account.
178 killed and 589 injured in Gaza since the resumption of fighting, Gaza Health Ministry says
A total of 178 Palestinians have been killed and 589 injured in Gaza since the resumption of fighting today, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Most of those dead and injured are children and women, it said.
Israel releases video of Gaza airstrikes as war resumes
Video from the Israeli Defense Forces appears to show a series of explosions in the Gaza Strip as Israel’s bombardment of Hamas targets restarted.
Gaza Health Ministry says IDF targeting Al-Awda Hospital, calls for U.N. protection
The Gaza Health Ministry says the IDF is targeting Al-Awda Hospital and is calling for U.N. protection.
“The Ministry denounces the Israeli occupation’s direct targeting of the office of the Director of Al Awda Hospital, Dr. Ahmed Muhanna," the ministry's spokesperson, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, said in a statement. "We call on UN institutions to work to protect medical institutions and staff immediately before more massacres are committed against them."
NBC News has not been able to independently verify if the IDF has targeted Al-Awda Hospital.
Doctors Without Borders calls on Israel to revoke Gaza evacuation orders 'immediately'
Doctors Without Borders is calling on Israel to revoke Gaza evacuation orders "immediately," according to a new statement.
In the statement titled "Nowhere in Gaza is safe," Executive Director Avril Benoît said that since the truce between Israel and Hamas broke today, "Israeli forces have called for people in some neighborhoods in the Central Gaza and Khan Younis to evacuate further south to Rafah," adding that clinics supported by the humanitarian organization are located in areas under the evacuation order.
“Nearly one million internally displaced people in the Strip have sought shelter in the south of Gaza, where they currently live in appalling conditions," she said. "Many civilians have already been displaced several times since October 7." Civilians have been ordered to move south, "but nowhere in Gaza is safe due to the indiscriminate bombing and continued fighting," she said
“We are calling on Israeli Forces to revoke their evacuation orders immediately. We urge all parties to protect civilians and vital infrastructure from harm. We need a sustained ceasefire now," Benoît said.
No aid has entered Gaza today, UNRWA says
No aid has entered the Gaza Strip today, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Body of Israeli hostage found in Gaza, IDF and Shin Bet say
The body of an Israeli hostage was found in Gaza, according to a joint statement from the IDF and Shin Bet.
“The body of the late abductee Ofir Sarfati was located in recent days by a joint force of the IDF and Shin Bet in the Gaza Strip, and brought to Israel," the statement read.
The body was identified and Sarfati's family was notified. Sarfati was kidnapped Oct. 7, according to IDF and Shin Bet.
Blinken: 'There’ll be accountability, looking at what led up to Oct. 7'
Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered remarks during his visit to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, today where he said there will be accountability for Oct. 7.
"There is going to be plenty of opportunity for a full accounting of what happened on Oct. 7, including looking back to see what happened, who knew what when," he said on the tarmac in Dubai.
"There’ll be accountability, looking at what led up to Oct. 7," he said.
Blinken also said his focus during his visit was on finding out how to keep getting hostages out of Gaza, how to sustain and increase humanitarian assistance to people in Gaza and "talking about the way forward.""I made clear that, after a pause, it was imperative that Israel put in place clear protections for civilians, and for sustaining humanitarian assistance going forward," he said, adding that Israel has sent out information to people in Gaza regarding where they can be safe.
NBC News has not independently verified claims that the IDF sent out communications to civilians in Gaza on where they can be out of harm's way. The IDF reported that it hit more than 200 targets in north and south Gaza today.
"We’re doing all of that, and we have to be doing all of that, at the same time," Blinken said. "A lot of it requires hard work, tough decisions, commitments that various countries will have to make. We know from many years of experience, none of it’ll be easy, but I think it’s more imperative than ever. So that’s the work of our diplomacy day in day out. That’s why the United States is here. That’s why we’re engaged. That’s why we will remain."
74 journalists have died since start of Israel-Hamas war
A total of 74 journalists have died since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, according to the Palestinian Information Ministry.
In Gaza, 46 journalists were killed, while three were killed on the border of Lebanon and Israel. As many as 25 "media sector workers" were also killed.
Two journalists are missing, according to the ministry.
A total of 31 Palestinian journalists were detained by Israel in the West Bank, the ministry says.
NBC News has not independently verified these claims.