Israel-Hamas War Nov 6 top developments: Netanyahu tells ambassadors war with Hamas part of 'global battle' against 'barbarism'

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby hinted why Rafah crossing has been closed. He stressed on the need to cross Rafah safely without coming under fire as being one of the factors why the crossing was closed.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ambassadors to Israel on Monday his country was leading the "global battle" against an "axis of terror" led by Iran. He said in a meeting with foreign ambassadors the axis included Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, "and there are other minions."

EU officials reaffirmed on Monday the importance for the union to stand by Ukraine in its fight against Russia, saying that a defeat from the Ukrainian army would be a defeat for the European Union. Speaking in front of EU ambassadors gathered in Brussels, EU High Representative Josep Borrell condemned Russia's disrespect for human lives, including its own soldiers, and insisted on the importance of continuing support to Ukraine.

The South African government said on Monday it would recall all its diplomats from Israel to signal its concern over the situation in Gaza. 

Pretoria also said the position of the Israeli ambassador to the country was becoming "more and more untenable", accusing the diplomat of having made "disparaging remarks" about people criticising Israel. 

"The South African government has decided to withdraw all its diplomats in Tel Aviv for consultation," Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, a minister in the president's office, told a press briefing without providing further details. 

The Israeli army on Monday (Nov 6) arrested Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi for allegedly inciting violence and terrorism. According to a report by the news agency AFP, Tamimi, 22, is currently under investigation for a post on Instagram, which according to an Israeli security source, called for a massacre of Israelis in the West Bank and made reference to Adolf Hitler. Read more

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Monday held a funeral in Beirut for its member killed in clashes at the Israeli border. 

The funeral of Qassim Ibrahim Abu-Taam was attended by hundreds of Hezbollah supporters. 

Lebanon's top Christian cleric Bechara Boutros Al-Rai said on Saturday that his country must be kept out of the Israel-Hamas war.

"We call on officials of the Lebanese state to work to neutralize Lebanon from the scourge of this war, this destructive war, and to play its political and diplomatic role in supporting the Palestinian cause, which is more effective. This is in adherence to the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701, which orders Israel and Hezbollah to immediately stop all attacks and military operations on both sides,” Al-Rai told reporters. 

Indian Prime Minister on Monday spoke with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi over the Israel-Hamas war.

"Prime Minister expressed deep concern at the terrorist incidents, violence and loss of civilian lives. He reiterated India’s longstanding and consistent position on the Israel-Palestine issue," a statement from Modi's office said.

"President Raisi shared his assessment of the situation.Both the leaders emphasised on the need for preventing escalation, ensuring continued humanitarian aid and early restoration of peace and stability," the statement added.
 

The death toll in the Gaza Strip has crossed 10,000, the Hamas-run health ministry said on Monday. 

The Gaza-Egypt border crossing reopened for foreign and dual national evacuations, Hamas announced on Monday. 

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan pressed visiting US State Secretary Antony Blinken to support an “immediate” ceasefire in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, a Turkish diplomatic source said, AFP reports.

“Minister Fidan requested an immediate ceasefire in Gaza,” the source said, adding that the sides agreed “on the need to prevent civilians from being harmed in Gaza”.

In a televised address, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh expressed deep sorrow and outrage over the continued Israeli Occupation aggression on the Gaza Strip.

Shtayyeh referred to the situation as a "waterfall of blood" and questioned how many innocent lives, including those of children and women, must be lost before the international community takes decisive action.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and extended support to Israel's counteroffesnive against Hamas.

“We think we are not only fighting our war, we think we are fighting the battle of civilization against barbarism,” Netanyahu said.

“If civilization doesn’t prevail, barbarism will,” Netanyahu continues. “It’s your battle as well.”

Netanyahu calls Hamas the “most savage enemy we have seen since the Holocaust.”

Denkov says that Hamas “should be eradicated” and calls for the hostages to be released and for the Red Cross to have access to them. At the same time, Denkov stresses that “we are concerned with what happens in the Gaza Strip” and that it is “important to have humanitarian aid.”

The Palestinian Authority will not accept a partial transfer of tax funds from Israel that withholds sums earmarked for administration expenses in Gaza, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Monday.

If Hezbollah 'is crazy enough to start a war' Israel is 'ready' Netanyahu's adviser  Mark Regev said.

His comments come after the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah had warned of a possible escalation as his militia engages in cross-border fighting with Israel.

Hundreds of family members of hostages and those missing are set to gather outside the Israeli Knesset to pressure the government to do more to get their loved ones back.

The families, along with other protesters, will also “call on officials to make hostage release a pre-requisite for ceasefires and tie delivery of humanitarian aid to access to medications for captives”, read a statement by the organisers, as reported by Al Jazeera.

Britain's Foreign Office ha said that it was temporarily withdrawing some British embassy staff from Lebanon.

It had already advised against all travel to Lebanon due to the conflict between neighbouring Israel and Gaza.

A woman soldier has been critically injured in a knife attack in Jerusalem on Monday (Nov 6). The assailant has now been killed, and the female is said to be in a critical state, as reported by Al Jazeera.

"A terrorist armed with a knife arrived at Shalem police station and stabbed a female soldier... border police forces neutralised the terrorist by shooting," police said in a statement.

At least 4,008 innocent children have been killed in the ongoing war in Gaza as the death toll after nearly a month of Israeli bombings hits 9,770, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

On Sunday afternoon (Nov 5), an Israeli air strike hit several houses near a school at the Bureji refugee camp in central Gaza, killing at least 13 people, according to officials at Al-Aqsa Hospital, as reported by Al Jazeera. 

Michael Hertzog, the Israeli ambassador to the US, said Gaza is “the biggest terror complex in the world.” He made the statement while referring to tens of thousands of fighters and rockets, among other weaponry — and  500 kilometres of underground tunnels.

“This is what we’re up against. And we have to uproot it, because if we do not, they will strike again and again,” Hertzog told CBS' “Face the Nation” in an interview aired Sunday.

Israeli military carried out raids in West Bank overnight, before pulling out just before the dawn broke. 

In the raids, the IDF is said to have arrested several Palestinian leaders and activists, after clashes erupted between soldiers and Palestinian gunmen.

Aljazeera reported that the al-Shufat refugee camp was raided, which is known to house several top PA leaders. The IDF arrested an adviser to the PA government in these raids and Fatah member Rafat Alian was also arrested during a live interview.

Israeli military said one soldier was killed in action while fighting with Hamas terrorist in Gaza.

The deceased soldier was identified as Shahar Cohen Mivtach, who served in the 9th battalion of the Armoured Corps.
Since the start of the ground invasion, at least 30 Israeli soldiers have been killed in action in the Gaza Strip.
 

Four relatives of a journalist were killed on Sunday in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, the official Lebanese news agency said, adding that the journalist was also wounded.

Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) said the four victims are the sister of radio correspondent Samir Ayoub and her three grandchildren, aged 10, 12 and 14.

They were following the journalist's car in another vehicle when they were killed.

Palestinian news agency Wafa has claimed that at least 27 people lost their lives in overnight raids by Israeli forces. At least 15 people died in Israeli strike the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza. Another 10 perished in Al-Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip, while two others were killed in a strike on a home in the Jabalia refugee camp.

WION was not able to verify these reports independently.

The United Nations (UN) has said that the Israel-Hamas conflict has so far claimed the lives of 88 personnel, highest ever in a single conflict.

The UN announced this in a statement released on Sunday, claiming that this is the “highest number of United Nations fatalities ever recorded in a single conflict”.

IDF on Sunday released further evidence backing claims that Hamas was using medical facilities, including hospital, for terror activities.

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari briefed international media outlets with video footage of Hamas gunmen emerging from a tunnel under Sheikh Hamad Hospital.

“Today, I will be sharing evidence proving that Hamas systematically exploits hospitals as part of its war machine,” Hagari said. “We decided to declassify and share more sensitive intelligence with you, because the world must take immediate action,” he added.

WION was not able to verify this independently.

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William J Burns touched down in Israel on Sunday (Nov 5). He is reportedly on a multi-country visit, with Israel being his first stop.

The visit comes as US Central Command announced Sunday the arrival of an Ohio class submarine in Middle East. 

Washington is also looking to expand its intelligence sharing with Tel Aviv, providing information that could be useful about hostage locations or any follow-on attacks by Hamas.

The US military has announced the entry of a guided missile submarine into the Middle East, a rare move directed at regional adversaries, primarily those backed by Iran. The subs can be equipped with advanced ballistic or Tomahawk cruise missiles.

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As the global community steps up pressure on Israel over the rising number of civilian casualties, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, has turned down calls for a ceasefire and said: "There will be no ceasefire without the return of the hostages. This should be completely removed from the lexicon."

Israel military has announced a "significant stage" in the war with Hamas and has claimed that it has divided the besieged Gaza coastal strip into two.

Talking to reporters on Sunday, Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari announced, "Today, there is north Gaza and south Gaza".

In a rare joint statement issued on Sunday, the heads of all major UN agencies expressed their outrage at the rising civilian toll from the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and called for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" between the two sides.

"For almost a month, the world has been watching the unfolding situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory in shock and horror at the spiralling numbers of lives lost and torn apart," said the heads of 18 organizations including UNICEF, the World Food Program and the World Health Organization.

The UN chiefs in their statement added, "an entire population is besieged and under attack, denied access to the essentials for survival, bombed in their homes, shelters, hospitals and places of worship. This is unacceptable."