On the 40th day of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, tensions are escalating. Israeli troops approached the gates of Gaza’s largest hospital, which houses hundreds of patients, including dozens of babies. Negotiations on a temporary cessation of hostilities are also intensifying, but the results appear slowly.

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06:01A spokesman for the Israeli government, Eilon Levy, said on Tuesday that the Israeli army had begun transferring incubators from Israeli hospitals to Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Levy said the IDF will work with a “trusted intermediary” to ensure the safe delivery of the incubators.

05:30 The World Health Organization (WHO) called Gaza’s largest hospital “almost a graveyard.”

Al-Shifa Hospital, located in northern Gaza, was at the frontline of the battle, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) insisting that Hamas operate a command and control center in the tunnels beneath the hospital. Hamas and the hospital deny this.

WHO spokesman Christian Lindmaier said about 600 people remain in hospital.

“There are bodies around the hospital that cannot even be buried or taken to the morgue,” he said. “The hospital is no longer functioning as it should. It’s almost a cemetery,” Lindemeyer added.

01:14Hundreds of Jewish activists and their allies protest outside the Israeli consulate in Chicago for a ceasefire

Demonstrators blocked the entrance to the consulate and demanded that the US support the ceasefire in Gaza

The consulate in Chicago is located in a building connected to the Ogilvy Transportation Center – the main commuter train station, Sky News reports. More than 100 protesters who blocked the escalators leading to the consulate were detained and removed from the building

00:45During a visit to the White House on Monday, Indonesian President Joko Widodo urged his American counterpart Joe Biden to “do more to end the atrocities” in Gaza and establish a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, AFP reported.

“Indonesia calls on the United States to do more to end the atrocities in Gaza. A ceasefire is essential for the good of humanity,” said Joko Widodo during a meeting with Joe Biden in the Oval Office.

Hamas offers to release 70 hostages in exchange for a five-day truce

00:20For Lula, Israel’s response is “as serious” as the Hamas attack

Brazilian President Lula on Monday accused Israel of “killing innocent people without any criteria” in the Gaza Strip, calling the Jewish state’s response “as serious” as the attacks by Hamas, AFP reported.

“After the terrorist acts committed by Hamas, the consequences of Israel’s decision turned out to be as bad as Hamas’s decision. They kill innocent people without any criteria,” said Luís Inácio Lula da Silva during an official ceremony in Brasilia.

23:35Israeli army: Hamas command center found under Gaza children’s hospital; there could be hostages

Weapons found by Israeli forces at a Hamas command center under Rantisi Hospital in Gaza City, in a photo released by the army on Monday, the Times of Israel reported.

Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said that the elite naval unit Shayetet 13 Commandos and the 401st Armored Brigade raided the Rantisi Hospital in Gaza City, where children are being treated and where Hamas militants are being held.