It said it expected more Americans and other foreign nationals to get out of Gaza in coming days. Blinken aims to reiterate U.S. support for Israel, but also to push to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza. Several hundred thousand Palestinians remain in northern Gaza in the path of the fighting. The Israeli military released a recording of what it said was a Hamas military commander forcing a hospital to give some fuel. An estimated 800,000 Palestinians have fled south from northern Gaza following Israeli evacuation orders, but hundreds of thousands remain.

Source: ABC News November 01, 2023 20:13 UTC