Israel Says Gaza Won’t Be Ruled By Hamas After War; Biden, Putin Press for Humanitarian Aid to Gaza | Key Points

The ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas further intensified on Monday with the latter claiming that over 5,000 people have been killed so far in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip. Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy on Monday said Gaza Strip will “not be ruled by Hamas” once this war is over.

Hamas officials claimed that Israeli strikes on Gaza overnight and early Monday killed at least 70 people.

Meanwhile, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday warned that the next stage of the war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas will be a ‘deadly, multipronged attack by air, sea and land’.

On the other hand, US President Joe Biden on Monday stressed that humanitarian assistance for Gaza was “critical” amid the ongoing conflict. “This weekend, the first convoy of humanitarian assistance since Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack on Israel crossed the border into Gaza and reached Palestinians in need. I made it clear from the outset of this crisis that humanitarian assistance was a critical and urgent need that had to get moving,” Biden said in an X post.

Russian President Vladimir Putin also called for ‘unhindered access’ for aid deliveries into Gaza.

Here are the latest updates on Israel-Palestine conflict-

• “One thing is clear: the Gaza Strip will not be ruled by Hamas once this war is over,” Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy told AFP.
• Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes on Monday and its aircraft struck southern Lebanon overnight.
• Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday said that the next stage of the war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas will be a ‘deadly, multipronged attack by air, sea and land’.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a meeting of his top generals and his war cabinet to assess the escalating war.
• Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry on Monday claimed that more than 5,000 people have been killed since Israel launched its bombing campaign more than two weeks ago.
• UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday Announced £20 million in humanitarian aid to civilians in the war-torn Gaza strip. “This is not a time for hyperbole. We need quiet and dogged diplomacy that recognises the hard realities on the ground and delivers help now. Today I can announce we are extending our humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza with an additional £20 million package,” an X (formerly Twitter) post by Sunak said.
• According to a BBC report, Sunak, earlier today, said the UK has concluded that the Gaza hospital blast was likely caused by a missile, or part of one, launched from Gaza towards Israel. Last week, the US government also asserted that it believes Israel was not responsible for the attack on a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds of people.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. “Spoke with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan. Exchanged views on the developments in the West Asia region. We share concerns regarding terrorism, violence and loss of civilian lives. Concerted efforts needed for early resolution of the security and humanitarian situation,” the prime minister said in an X (formerly Twitter) post.
• According to a Jerusalem Post report, Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotaki on Monday said Greece supports “Israel’s right to act against Hamas in Gaza”, but it must guard against inflicting “harm to Palestinian civilians”.
• Palestinian Authority PM Mohammed Shtayyeh on Monday said that Western leaders’ statement regarding Israel’s right to defend itself is a ‘license to kill’.
• According to a Reuters report, doctors at a Gaza neonatal intensive care unit have warned that babies in the neonatal care unit will die “within minutes” minutes if their incubators lose power in the Palestinian enclave under Israeli attacks.