Israel-Hamas war updates: WHO urges fuel, healthcare deliveries to Gaza ---Al Jazeera

A mourner reacts amidst the bodies as people attend a funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes By Joseph Stepansky, Farah Najjar and Arwa Ibrahim Two dozen US military personnel wounded in Syria, Iraq attacks: Report NBC News has reported that more US military personnel were wounded in attacks on bases in Iraq and Syria than previously disclosed. Citing US Central Command (CENTCOM), the news outlet said that 20 US military personnel sustained injuries during an attack on the al-Tanf base in Syria on October 18. That same day, four others were wounded in an attack on Ain al-Asad in Iraq, NBC reported, adding that all the injuries were minor. The report comes after a Pentagon spokesman said earlier today that there had been 10 attacks on bases housing US personnel in Iraq and three attacks in Syria between October 17 and 24. Blinken, the top US diplomat, also said today that Washington would respond if its personnel in the region were harmed. Al Jazeera has reached out to CENTCOM for confirmation. We’ll bring you more information when we get it. Here’s a look back at today’s events We are going to bring our live coverage to an end soon. Here’s a summary of today’s main events: Israel has bombed in the vicinity of the Palestine Red Crescent headquarters and Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis, the Palestinian health society says. The Palestine Red Crescent says eight trucks of humanitarian aid have entered Gaza via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. About 50 people have been killed across the Gaza Strip in the past few hours, says Ashraf al-Qedra, the Palestinian health ministry spokesperson. The World Health Organization has called for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” to allow for the passage of fuel and healthcare supplies to Gaza, warning that thousands of vulnerable patients will be at risk otherwise. More than 700 Palestinians have been killed in overnight Israeli air raids on Gaza – the highest 24-hour death toll since Israel began bombarding the besieged enclave this month. The Israeli military says it repelled a sea attack north of Gaza, adding that its navy attacked fighters as they “tried to penetrate into Israeli territory in the Zikim area”. World leaders have spoken during a meeting at the United Nations Security Council, where several countries – including Jordan and Egypt – called for a humanitarian pause. The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it is important to recognise that Hamas’s October 7 attack “did not happen in a vacuum”. Speaking in Tel Aviv, French President Emmanuel Macron suggested that the Western coalition fighting ISIL (ISIS) could be widened to fight Hamas in Gaza.

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