![]() ![]() But this situation is unbearable,” said the woman, who identified herself as Fatma. "Look at our children and how the water has entered! Look at the water outside! Damn Hamas and Israel! It's enough for us! Stop this ongoing series we are living in! Have mercy on us and stop, or let Israel kill us all and give us relief. A pair of top US officials will travel to Israel this week for key meetings during this critical moment for the war. The divides, which until now had mostly been contained behind the scenes, reflected growing differences between the two staunch allies as the civilian death toll in Gaza mounts. ![]() International relations: Rifts between the US and Israel spilled into public view as Biden warned that Israel was losing international support for its campaign against Hamas and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejected American plans for post-war Gaza.Also, the IDF said that the bodies of two Israeli hostages have been recovered in Gaza. More on the hostage situation: US President Joe Biden on Wednesday is set to meet with families of American hostages abducted by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel, a White House official told CNN.The director of the hospital in northern Gaza was among those detained, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Hospital updates: The Israeli military arrested dozens of the medical staff at the Kamal Adwan hospital Tuesday, a senior doctor told CNN.Also, the Israel Defense Forces said 13 soldiers have been killed by friendly fire since the beginning of the ground operation in the enclave. Separately, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said troops inside Gaza are operating deep underground. Flooding Gaza's tunnels: Israel has informed the US it has begun “carefully testing out” flooding some of Gaza's tunnels with seawater “on a limited basis” to test the ability to degrade the tunnel network on a larger scale, a US official told CNN Tuesday.On Tuesday, 197 humanitarian aid trucks were screened and transferred to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, Israeli officials said. Humanitarian aid: There is currently no plan to allow aid to enter Gaza directly from Israel, an official at Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) told CNN. But the United States is pressuring Israel to open the Kerem Shalom border crossing to allow trucks to go directly into Gaza on an emergency basis, US officials told CNN.More than 18,000 people have been killed in the enclave since fighting broke out, the Hamas-controlled health ministry said Monday. One emergency aid coordinator told CNN there are barely “living conditions” for the people. And an intense downpour Tuesday displaced families who are struggling to keep water and mud out of their makeshift tents in southern Gaza. Humanitarian crisis: Diseases including chicken pox, meningitis and upper respiratory tract infections are spreading in Gaza, Palestinian and international medical authorities said.Here's how to help humanitarian efforts in Israel and Gaza. ![]() Dozens of medical staff at a northern Gaza hospital were taken to an undisclosed location by the Israeli military, a senior doctor said, as the enclave’s wider health care system teeters on the edge of collapse.Rifts between the US and Israel spilled into public as President Joe Biden warned that Israel was losing international support for its campaign against Hamas and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected US plans for post-war Gaza.Israel told the US it has begun "carefully testing out" flooding some of Hamas' Gaza tunnels with seawater "on a limited basis" to see if it will work to degrade them on a larger scale, a US official told CNN.While politically significant and seen as wielding moral weight, the vote is nonbinding. The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to demand an immediate Gaza ceasefire in a rebuke to the United States, which last week blocked a similar Security Council resolution. ![]()
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