Israel-Hamas war LIVE: Hamas leadership ‘dead men walking – inside and outside Gaza’, IDF warns, as Israeli troops battle terrorists deep in the city

The International Committee of the Red Cross said a humanitarian convoy carrying medical supplies came under fire in Gaza City on Tuesday, AFP reports.

The incident leaving two trucks damaged and a driver lightly wounded. The ICRC did not specify who had fired at its convoy or from what direction the fire came.

‘These are not the conditions under which humanitarian personnel can work,’ said William Schomburg, the head of the ICRC sub-delegation in Gaza.

Separately, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Tuesday one of its employees was killed in Gaza along with several family members.

Mohammed Al Ahel, a laboratory technician, was killed in his home in the Shati refugee camp, MSF said.

G7 foreign ministers have said they support ‘humanitarian pauses and corridors’ in the Israel-Hamas war, but have refrained from calling for a ceasefire.

The ministers said in a joint statement after talks in Japan:

We stress the need for urgent action to address the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza… we support humanitarian pauses and corridors to facilitate urgently needed assistance, civilian movement, and the release of hostages.

The statement also said the ministers ’emphasise Israel’s right to defend itself and its people in accordance with international law as it seeks to prevent a recurrence’ of the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, and urged Iran to refrain from supporting Hamas and the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.

We call on Iran to refrain from providing support for Hamas and taking further actions that destabilize the Middle East, including support for Lebanese Hezbollah and other non-state actors, and to use its influence with those groups to de-escalate regional tensions.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said Israel should not ‘reoccupy’ Gaza when the war with Hamas has ended.

His statement followed comments by Isreal’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night, who said Israel would maintain ‘overall security responsibility’ in Gaza for an ‘indefinite period’ after defeating Hamas.

The US state department also said it opposed any reoccuppation.

‘Generally speaking, we do not support the reoccupation of Gaza and neither does Israel,’ State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters.

‘Our viewpoint is that Palestinians must be at the forefront of these decisions and Gaza is Palestinian land.’

Israel removed its soldiers and settlers from Gaza in 2005.

Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing south on foot with only what they can carry after running out of food and water in the north, a United Nations agency said Wednesday, as Israel said its troops were battling Hamas militants deep inside Gaza City.

• Over 70 per cent of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have already fled their homes, but the growing numbers making their way south point to an increasingly desperate situation in and around Gaza’s largest city, which has come under heavy Israeli bombardment.
• About 15,000 people fled northern Gaza on Tuesday – triple the number that left Monday – according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. They are using Gaza’s main north-south highway during a daily four-hour window announced by Israel.
• Those fleeing include children, older people and people with disabilities, and most walked with minimal belongings, the U.N. agency said. Some say they had to cross Israeli checkpoints, where they saw people being arrested, while others held their hands in the air and raised white flags while passing Israeli tanks.
• Residents reported loud explosions overnight into Wednesday across Gaza City and in its Shati refugee camp, which houses Palestinian families who fled from or were driven out of what is now Israel during the 1948 war surrounding its establishment.
• ‘The bombings were heavy and close,’ said Mohamed Abed, who lives in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood. He said residents panicked when they heard the news late Tuesday that Israeli ground forces were fighting deep inside the city.

Israeli troops are battling Hamas terrorists deep inside Gaza City, according to the IDF, as thousands of Palestinians flee south on foot with only what they can carry.

Retaliating for a deadly October 7 attack by Hamas gunmen, Israeli soldiers have been advancing towards the heart of the city, which was home to 650,000 people before the war and is Hamas’ stronghold in the north of the Gaza Strip.

Underlining Israel’s determination to destroy Hamas, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant described Gaza City as ‘the largest terrorist base ever built’. Israel says Hamas has its central command and a vast labyrinth of tunnels built under the city.

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Hello and welcome to MailOnline’s liveblog covering the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. As the conflict enters its 33rd day, here’s what you need to know:

• Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says more than 10,300 people have been killed in the territory since the war began on October 7, when the group attacked Israel and killed over 1,400 people and took 240 more hostage.
• Israeli troops are now battling Hamas terrorists deep inside Gaza City as they continue with their ground operation into the strip. The dense metropolis is home to Hamas’s stronghold in the north of the coastal strip.
• Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said soldiers ‘are in the heart of Gaza City,’ adding Israel was ‘tightening the noose’ on the terror group. Hamas’ most senior leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, was isolated in his bunker, Gallant said.
• Thousands of Palestinians evacuated from the north of Gaza to the south of Tuesday, heeding Israel’s warning to move to the safer part of the territory
• The Hamas-run interior ministry said 900,000 Palestinians were still sheltering in northern Gaza, including in Gaza City, as troops close in
• The UN says the north has been without running water for weeks, and hospitals running low on supplies are performing surgeries – including amputations – without anaesthesia
• Palestinian health officials said at least 23 people were killed in two Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday in the southern Gaza
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this week that Israel would maintain ‘overall security responsibility’ in Gaza for an ‘indefinite period’ after defeating Hamas
• The US is opposed to Israel’s reoccupation of the territory
• Meanwhile, in Israel, Israelis marked one month since the Hamas attack with candlelit vigils around photos of the hostages taken by Hamas