Day 300 of Israel’s war on Gaza: Turkey claims Israel wants Gaza war to engulf region

JULY 31: An aerial view of a street full of damaged buildings while some Palestinians return their homes with the withdrawal of Israeli army in the city which has been under ground attacks for a while in Khan Yunis, Gaza on July 31, 2024. Many buildings were destroyed or heavily damaged due to the Israeli army’s attacks on the region. Photojournalist:Hassan Jedi
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By Alastair Mccready
Published On 2 Aug 2024
2 Aug 2024
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Turkey’s leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call with US President Joe Biden says Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh “dealt heavy blow to ceasefire” talks, shows Netanyahu government wants “fire in Gaza” to spread regionally.
Gaza’s civil defence says at least 15 killed in Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians.
Hezbollah in Lebanon leader Hassan Nasrallah says conflict with Israel enters “new phase” after killings of movement’s commander Fuad Shukr and Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh. Israel’s Netanyahu says country is “at a very high level of readiness for any scenario”.
Al Jazeera journalists gathered in the Qatar-based media network’s headquarters to condemn Israel’s killing of colleagues Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi in Gaza.
At least 39,480 people, including 16,314 children, have been killed and 91,128 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 and more than 200 were taken captive.
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