Israel-Palestine war: What you need to know right now
Israel's military pounded the Palestinian enclave of Gaza on Sunday and killed hundreds of people a day after a surprise attack by Hamas militants left some 700 Israelis dead, the worst attack on Israeli soil in decades.
'Complete siege' ordered on Gaza
Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant says he has ordered a "complete siege" on the Gaza Strip: "No electricity, no food, no fuel."
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As a reminder - Israel controls the air space over Gaza and its shoreline and restricts who and what goods are allowed in and out through its border crossings.
Similarly, Egypt controls who passes in and out of its border with Gaza.
Air raid sirens in Jerusalem and across Israel - IDF
The Israel Defense Forces says air raid sirens are now sounding in Jerusalem and across Israel, as rockets are fired from Gaza.
At least three explosions have been heard in Jerusalem.
It is not yet clear if these are rockets landing, or being intercepted by Israeli defence.
Nearly 500 dead in Gaza: Health ministry
The number killed by Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 493 people, the health ministry there has said.
The number of wounded Palestinians has also risen to 2,751, BBC reports.
Countries scramble to evacuate nationals
As the fighting continues in Gaza and Israel, countries are trying to get their nationals out.
A plane from Tel Aviv to Serbia landed today, and the Serbian Embassy says another flight is scheduled. Romania's Minister of Foreign Affairs said around 800 people had been bought home from Israel, with more to come.
Thailand's government said they are preparing emergency teams and planes to rescue nationals in Israel. Flights from Kazakhstan are also being readied, according to its foreign ministry.
This morning Poland confirmed the first plane had landed back in the country from Israel with civilians on board. The UK Foreign Office has warned against all but essential travel to Israel.
Israel in 'full control' along Gaza border
The Israeli army says it has regained control of all towns around the Gaza fence. In remarks quoted by the Israeli media, army spokesperson Daniel Hagari said incidents of clashes between troops and fighters have been "isolated" in the last few hours.
He said that currently there is no fighting in the region, adding: "It is possible there are still terrorists in the area."
Hagari said tanks, supported by combat helicopters and drones, are defending the breaches around the fence, adding that 15 out of 24 towns on the border have been evacuated.
Non-stop bombing in Gaza
Refaat al Areer, a Gaza resident, tells Al Jazeera of what it was spending the night under constant sound of Israeli bombardment in the besieged enclave.
"We have run out of adjectives to describe the Israeli bombing of whole blocks, targeting Palestinian families as they slept, targeting mosques, businesses and residential areas.
"The night was unprecedented. We barely slept. The situation was terrifying.
"I think this is just going to be the beginning because the bombs have not stopped for 10 hours, not even for a minute."
A failure of intelligence: Ex-Mossad chief
Israel's security tactics "collapsed totally" on Saturday, says a former head of one of their intelligence services.
Danny Yatom, ex-chief of the Mossad spy agency and politician from Israel's opposition Labor party, says "everything went wrong" and "nobody had a clue" on Saturday when Hamas attacked Israel from Gaza.
He tells the BBC's Today programme that Israel's second layer of defence was insufficient to stop the attacks, reminiscent of how Israel was caught flat-footed nearly "50 years and one day" from the Yom Kippur War, when a coalition of Arab states invaded.
Israel strikes over '500 Hamas targets' overnight
Israeli air strikes and artillery shelling struck more than 500 targets belonging to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad militant groups in the Gaza Strip overnight, the Israeli military said Monday.
"Overnight IDF (Israeli army) fighter jets, helicopters, aircraft and artillery struck over 500 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip," the military said in a statement.
'This is our 9/11'
In the last few hours, two senior members of the Israeli military have compared Saturday's attacks from Gaza to the 9/11 attacks on the US.
"This is our 9/11," spokesman Major Nir Dinar said. "They got us," says a spokesman.
Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus also compared the Hamas attacks to major attacks in America.
"This could be a 9/11 and a Pearl Harbor wrapped into one," he said adding, "It is, by far, the worst day in Israeli history. Never before have so many Israelis been killed by one single thing let alone enemy activity on one day."
State of Palestine to UN release a statement
The Mission of the State of Palestine to the UN released a statement saying "these developments did not occur in a vacuum, they are preceded by the killing this year of hundreds of Palestinians"
Gaza under 'non-stop bombardment'
Before a possible Israeli ground invasion of Gaza, Al Jazeera's Tarek Abu Azzoum is reporting that in the last hour, the area of Beit Hanoon (known as Erez to Israelis) has been under "intense" bombardment from the air.
"The level and speed of the air strikes inside the Gaza Strip has remarkably intensified during the last couple of hours," adding that some of the buildings were struck without prior warning.
"The exact casualties are unknown due to the inability of the emergency services to reach the area."
US urges China to support Israel
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday called on China to support Israel after deadly attacks by Hamas, adding he was "disappointed" that Beijing showed "no sympathy" for the country over the weekend.
In response, China's foreign ministry urged the "relevant parties" to remain calm and immediately end hostilities to protect civilians, adding that "the fundamental way out of the conflict lies in implementing the two-state solution and establishing an independent State of Palestine".
Airlines cancel flights to Israel
Several international air carriers have suspended flight services with Tel Aviv in light of the Hamas militant attack on Israel, saying they were waiting for safety conditions to improve before resuming.
On Sunday, US air carriers United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines said they had suspended direct flights, as did Air France.
Iran denies involvement in Hamas offensive
Iran has denied any involvement in the unprecedented attacks launched by Hamas within Israel.
"We emphatically stand in unflinching support of Palestine, however, we are not involved in Palestine's response as it is taken solely by Palestine itself," Iran's mission to the UN said in a statement.
"The resolute measures taken by Palestine constitute a wholly legitimate defence against seven decades of oppressive occupation and heinous crimes committed by the illegitimate Zionist regime," the statement added.
250 people killed in music festival: NGO
A spokesperson with the humanitarian NGO Zaka says Hamas fighters killed up to 250 people who were attending a music festival near Gaza over the weekend.
Moti Bukjin, who also volunteered to collect the bodies, said the figure was based on the number of trucks that took away the bodies.
Over 123,000 displaced in Gaza: UN
Israeli air attacks and shelling targeting houses and apartment buildings have displaced some 123,538 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the UN humanitarian relief agency.
Many of those forced to flee their homes are sheltering in some 64 schools in the coastal enclave, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in its latest update.
12 Thai citizens killed in Israel
Twelve Thais have been killed in the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants, the kingdom's government said Monday as it prepared a plan to evacuate its citizens.
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Kanchana Patarachoke said the Thai embassy in Israel learned of the deaths from the victims' employers.
She said a further eight Thais had been wounded and 11 taken captive since the war erupted when Hamas launched a large-scale attack on Saturday.
Hamas holds over 100 people captive
A senior Hamas official has said the group is holding more than 100 people captive after its unprecedented attack on Israel.
Mousa Abu Marzouk made the remarks to Arabic language news outlet al-Ghad on Sunday. "Senior Israeli officers are among those being held," he said.
Israel Targets Gaza
Israeli bombing on Sunday targeted the homes of Hamas officials, but also hit housing blocks, tunnels and a mosque, killing at least 400 people. The retaliation was complicated by an unknown number of Israeli hostages held in the area.
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that the Israeli campaign in Gaza would "change reality for generations."
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounced Israel's attacks on Gaza as a "barbarous campaign of death and destruction."
Hamas Planning
Hamas carried out a careful campaign of deception to pull off its stunning attack, accounts from Hamas and Israeli sources show.
Hamas's operation came on the heels of widespread Israeli settler attacks, increased tensions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem and a record number of Palestinians killed.
Germany mulls aid suspension to Palestine
Germany debated on Sunday whether it should stop aid to Palestinians following the biggest attack on Israel in years by Hamas, with the government saying it was reviewing the way it spent development funds in the region.
Development Minister Svenja Schulze of the ruling centre-left Social Democrats said, "These attacks on Israel mark a terrible fracture. We will now review our entire engagement for the Palestinian territories."
Germany would discuss with Israel how development projects in the region could best be served, and coordinate with international partners, said the minister.
Some German lawmakers, from the opposition conservatives in particular, called for an end to the aid.
"All of Europe, all 27 states, must now say: we need a new start and we will no longer finance terrorists," said Armin Laschet, chancellor candidate for the conservatives at the last federal election, calling for an end to EU cooperation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is based in the West Bank.
Israel amasses troops
A spokesman for the Israeli military said his country has gathered 100,000 reserve troops near Gaza for the ongoing war with Hamas.
"We have amassed around 100,000 reserve troops who are currently in southern Israel," said Jonathan Conricus in a video posted to X.
"Our job is to make sure that at the end of this war, Hamas will no longer have any military capability to threaten Israeli civilians," he said. "In addition to that, we are also to make sure that Hamas will not be able to govern the Gaza Strip."
United States Aid
President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that the US was sending additional assistance for Israel's military.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that the US will send multiple military ships and aircraft closer to Israel.
Hezbollah claims responsibility
Hezbollah claims responsibility for mortar strikes from Lebanon into the occupied Shebaa Farms; Israel says it has responded with artillery strikes.
Disclaimer: The report is a compilation of stories collected from Al Jazeera, Reuters, BBC and others
