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As the fighting in Gaza and Israel goes on, countries are trying to bring their citizens back home.

Today, a plane flew from Tel Aviv to Serbia and arrived safely. The Serbian Embassy informed that there will be another flight scheduled soon.

Romania’s Foreign Affairs Minister stated that 800 individuals have been brought back from Israel, and more will be returning soon.

The Thai government is getting ready to send teams and planes to help their citizens in Israel for emergency situations.

The foreign ministry of Kazakhstan is preparing flights from Kazakhstan.

This morning, Poland announced that the first plane from Israel carrying regular people had returned to the country.

The UK Foreign Office advises against traveling to Israel unless it is absolutely necessary. You can read the full instructions here.

People in Gaza were happy on Saturday morning because Hamas shot many rockets at Israel and also attacked across the border, which killed people.

The next day, things looked completely different.

After the Israelis kept firing bombs, the people stayed inside their homes. There were more explosions on Sunday.

The noise was really scary. Buildings in the Gaza Strip were covered in thick, black smoke.

The military of Israel claims to have attacked more than 1,000 places in Gaza. These targets are places like military bases, houses where Hamas leaders live, and banks that are controlled by the militant group.

On Sunday morning, Israel carried out a notable attack on the Watan Tower in Gaza. This tower is an important place where internet providers are based.
Palestinian health officials are saying that over 400 people have died in Israeli air strikes on Gaza as a form of retaliation.

Many places don’t have electricity because Israel stopped giving Gaza power. Gaza’s supplier can only give 20% of the electricity they need.

We no longer have enough food and water.

On Sunday morning, while driving through the city center of Gaza, I noticed that roads were blocked by piles of debris. Stores were not open, except for a couple of bakeries where there were lines of people waiting.

The situation in Gaza has gotten even worse because of the increase in tension or conflict, which has made the already bad humanitarian conditions even more difficult.

The hospitals that don’t have enough resources are struggling to provide healthcare to a population of over two million people. They are desperately asking for people to donate blood.

Mahmoud Shalabi, who works for a charity called Medical Aid for Palestinians, called the main hospital in Gaza a “slaughterhouse”.

He said that a lot of people were lying on the ground in the emergency department. Shalabi said that there were a lot of dead bodies in the morgue and the medical staff were overwhelmed with the large number of injured people they were getting.
Later on Sunday, people in a certain area of Gaza City got text messages from the Israeli army telling them to go to a safe place before there would be attacks.

Over 20,000 people went to United Nations locations in the area, a UN spokesperson informed the BBC.

Hamas has been in charge of Gaza for the last 17 years. They are aware of what happens when they attack Israel, so they must have been prepared for the strong response from Israel.

The group supported by Iran has clearly stated that it is ready to fight against Israel. Hamas claims that it has been secretly bringing in weapons, even though there is a blockade by Israel and Egypt, and that it has been building up its own collection of weapons.

The group has promised to keep doing what they call “counter attacks”. After a break on Saturday night, it stated that it had shot 100 rockets at the southern Israeli town of Sderot.

People who live in Gaza have different feelings about this big conflict that has never happened before. Some people think that Hamas’ rocket attacks are a reason to be happy, but many are afraid that the fighting will go on for a very long time.

People in Gaza celebrated on Saturday morning after Hamas launched deadly cross-border operations and fired thousands of rockets into Israel.

The situation has drastically changed after a day.

People have been staying indoors following a night of nonstop Israeli shelling. All through Sunday morning, there were more explosions.

The noise has been really ominous. All around the Gaza Strip, structures have been engulfed in clouds of black smoke.

Since previous night, according to Hamas, 150 targets had been attacked. These include military installations, the residences of the militant group’s top officials, and banks controlled by Hamas.

The Watan Tower, a focal point for internet service providers in Gaza, was the target of one of this morning’s most serious Israeli strikes.

According to Hamas, more than 300 people have died in Israel’s attacks. About half of these victims are civilians, including women and children.

Many places don’t have electricity because Israel has stopped giving power to Gaza. The supplier in Gaza can only give 20% of the electricity that is needed.

Food and drink supplies have been reduced.

This morning, as I was driving through the centre of Gaza city, I noticed that roads were blocked by pieces of broken buildings. The stores were not open, except for a few bakeries where many people were waiting in line.

The situation in Gaza, which was already very bad, has become even worse because of the escalation.

The hospitals that don’t have enough supplies, and already have difficulty providing healthcare to a population of over 2 million, are urgently asking for people to donate blood.

Mahmoud Shalabi, who is in charge of a charity called Medical Aid for Palestinians in Gaza, called the city’s main hospital a place where many people are being killed.

He said that lots of people were lying on the ground in the emergency department. “Mr Shalabi said there were a lot of dead bodies in the morgue and the medical staff couldn’t handle all the injured people coming in. ”
On Sunday, the Israeli army sent text messages to residents in a certain area of Gaza City, telling them to find shelter before attacks occur. Over 20,000 individuals went to United Nations places in the area, as mentioned by a UN representative to the BBC.

Hamas has been in charge of Gaza for the last 17 years. They are aware of the outcome of attacking Israel, so they must have anticipated big strikes in response.

The group supported by Iran has stated that it is ready for a conflict with Israel. Hamas said it has been secretly bringing in weapons despite the blockades by Israel and Egypt and making its own collection of weapons.

The group has promised to keep doing what they call “counterattacks”. After a break during the night, it claimed to have shot 100 rockets towards the southern Israeli town called Sderot.

Regular people in Gaza have different feelings about this conflict, which has never happened before. Some people were happy about Hamas’ rocket attacks, but many think that the violence will go on for a very long time and that’s concerning.

Around 250 people were killed and 1,590 were injured in Israel when the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its largest attack in a long time.

Many armed people from Gaza sneaked into towns in southern Israel when it was still dark outside. There were lots of rockets being shot during this time.

They captured Israeli soldiers and civilians and took them to Gaza.

Israel has attacked Gaza with multiple air strikes. According to doctors, this has caused the death of 232 people and injured 1,600.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is in a state of war and promised that Hamas, which governs Gaza, will face a very high cost for their actions.

The military in Israel has called upon many extra soldiers and is getting ready to start an operation in Gaza.

Right now, there is still fighting happening with militants who are still in some parts of southern Israel. Many rockets are being shot at cities and towns in Israel, including Tel Aviv and Rishon Lezion, during the evening.


Israel had a really bad situation happen – Palestinian militants with weapons were running around in the southern part of the country. This started on Saturday, which is the Jewish holy day and the festival of Simchat Torah.

Many people think that many gunmen went into Israel from different places. Some people broke through the fence around Gaza and others came in by boat.

It’s not clear how they were able to get through one of the strongest borders in the world.

Videos posted on social media showed shooting happening in Israeli villages and towns, like in the town of Sderot, which is very close to Gaza, only about 1. 6km away

Some people from different communities called Israeli news stations and said that they were stuck inside their homes or hiding in safer places.

I went outside and saw many dead terrorists, innocent people, and damaged cars with bullet holes. Many people’s bodies are crowded in Sderot and along the road, and in other places too, said Shlomi, a resident of Sderot.

Ofir Liebstein, who was the leader of a local council in southern Israel, was shot and killed during a fight with armed attackers while trying to protect his community.

Videos were shown of Israelis being taken as hostages, which was a completely new and unusual situation.
The BBC knows that militants have captured many soldiers and civilians. Some people were believed to be in small Israeli towns near the border, while others were taken to Gaza.

Hamas said it caught 53 “prisoners of war” including important officers, and they are keeping them in tunnels. In the past, the Israeli military has often attacked these tunnels during conflicts with militants in Gaza.

An Israeli military spokesperson said that both soldiers and civilians had been taken by force, and some soldiers, including Colonel Jonathan Steinberg, who was leading the Nahal infantry brigade, had been killed. But he said that the reports about a high-ranking military leader being taken against their will were not true.

Videos were also shared online showing Palestinians driving Israeli military vehicles that they had taken in Gaza.
At the same time that the group entered secretly, fighters in Gaza began firing many rockets towards Israel, even reaching cities like Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

A few rockets got past Israel’s missile defense system, called Iron Dome, and caused damage to people’s homes and cars.

People who live in Tel Aviv said that they couldn’t remember a time when the streets were locked down and empty for such a long time.

“According to Gideon Levy, a writer and reporter from England, people are feeling a strong sense of surprise, shock, and fear about something that is going to happen in the future. ” “When the first rockets landed, I was still running in the park, and the noise was really loud. ”
During a meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that their main goal is to remove the hostile forces that entered their land and bring back safety and peace to the towns that were attacked.

Our second goal is to make the enemy pay a high cost in the Gaza Strip. The third goal is to strengthen other areas so that no one accidentally joins this war.

Many Israeli warplanes and other aircraft are bombing Gaza because of an attack, which is causing big explosions.

The Israeli military attacked 17 locations where Hamas soldiers train and four places where they plan their activities. They called this action “Operation Iron Swords”.

Afterwards, rockets destroyed the 11-story Palestine Tower in the center of Gaza City. The tower is home to Hamas radio stations on the top floor.

The Israeli air force attacked two buildings that were being used by high-ranking members of Hamas for terrorist activities. They told the people inside to leave before the attack.

Medical aid organization Medecins Sans Frontieres has stated that two healthcare workers, specifically a nurse and an ambulance driver, lost their lives due to Israeli attacks on two hospitals in Gaza.

According to Wafa, a news agency in Palestine, 10 regular people died when a house in the Shabora area of Rafah, in the southern part of Gaza, was attacked.

When it became nighttime, the electricity company in Israel turned off the power to Gaza. The power company in Gaza stated that most of the electricity in the area, around 80%, is supplied by Israel.

There was fighting in many places in the West Bank on Saturday. Palestinian doctors said that six Palestinians were killed after they got into fights with Israeli soldiers and got shot.

Hamas leader Mohammed Deif asked all Palestinians to join their military operation.

“We have decided to stop these actions by Israel, with God’s assistance. This is so that the enemy realizes they can no longer cause destruction without facing consequences,” he stated.

Ismail Haniyeh, who leads Hamas from outside of Palestine, said that groups in Palestine want to make the violence bigger by including the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Ghazi Hamad, a person who speaks for Hamas, said in an interview with the BBC that Iran supports the attack. Iran promised to support the Palestinian fighters until Palestine and Jerusalem are free.

The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, who disagrees with Hamas, said that the Palestinian people have the right to protect themselves from the harmful actions of settlers and occupation soldiers.

Many countries around the world strongly disapprove of the attacks made by Hamas.

US President Joe Biden strongly criticized their actions and stated that Israel has the complete right to protect itself and its citizens.

“He said that terrorist attacks are never justified, and his administration strongly and consistently supports the security of Israel. ”

The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, expressed shock about the news that innocent people have been attacked and taken away from their houses.

The Foreign Secretary of the UK, James Cleverly, strongly condemns the terrible attacks carried out by Hamas on innocent Israeli people.

Qatar’s government said that Israel is solely to blame for the ongoing increase in violence.

The Israeli army attacked Hamas targets in Gaza on Friday because militants from there flew balloons with fire towards Israel for the first time in a year.

The fighting started after Palestinians protested for over a week, sometimes using violence, along the barrier separating Gaza from Israel.

On Friday, Israeli forces shot and injured at least 28 people on the Gaza side of the fence, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The weapons are not very complicated things – they are balloons filled with helium, like the ones you see at children’s birthday parties. They have explosives or devices attached to them which are set on fire before they are used.

The balloons were let go by a group called Ahfad Al-Nasser, or the Descendants of al-Nasser. This group is known for doing attacks using balloons that have explosives tied to them.

The balloon launches on Friday caused at least three fires in Israel, but they were all put out.

The IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) attacked two places where Hamas was launching balloons, and another place where they said Hamas shot at Israeli soldiers.

The Israeli military said that no IDF soldiers were hurt.

It is not known right away if anyone died or got hurt in the Israeli attacks. The IDF said the attacks were done using a drone and a tank.