​On the 42nd day of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the fighting is concentrated in the area of ​​Al-Shifa hospital, which is considered the center of operations of Hamas. Israel claims to have found “technological equipment”, automatic weapons and grenades in the hospital. On the other hand, negotiations to end the conflict continue, but without visible results

Israel-Hamas war – all information for the 42nd day LIVE on HotNews.ro:

06:08 US President Joe Biden says he has “some hope” that a deal will be reached to free more than 200 people held hostage in Gaza.

Earlier, he told a press conference in California that Qatar, which is leading the current talks between Israel and Hamas, is “extremely cooperative.”

05:51Mark Regev, a senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, appeared live on various US and UK television stations defending Israel’s much-criticized military operation at Al-Shifa Hospital. Israel reportedly found “technological equipment” at the hospital, believed to be a laptop, as well as automatic weapons and grenades. Asked by Sky if this was enough to prove that Hamas had its base under al-Shifa, Regev said that he could prove it and that: “As our forces advance … if we succeed, we , without a doubt, we will invite journalists to see what we found in this hospital.”

Hamas said the images of the weapons at the hospital were “cheap propaganda” and denied that its headquarters were located underneath.

05:30According to Japanese media, the car crashed into a fence near the entrance to the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo on Thursday. As a result of the incident, a police officer was injured, and a 50-year-old man was detained.

05:00US President Joe Biden has asked China to intervene in Iran to persuade it to avoid any provocations in the Middle East, a senior US official told reporters on Wednesday after a four-hour meeting between Biden and Xi Jinping.

01:07“Adopt a community from Israel” campaign.

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is raising awareness of its “Adopt a Community from Israel” program, which allows individuals and communities abroad to connect with and support one of the dozens of cities devastated by Hamas on October 7.

Several “adoptions” have already taken place: Zurich has adopted the Eshkol Regional Council, the Jewish community of Singapore has adopted Sderot, and a technology company in Tbilisi has adopted Netivot, the Times of Israel reports.

While there are other community adoption initiatives, this new State Department project does not require participants to be part of the Jewish community, and any individual or group can participate to help heal and rebuild affected communities.

Humanitarian action in northern Gaza is unlikely as fighting continues

00:50The Israeli army allegedly used bulldozers on Al-Chifa Hospital, the Hamas Health Ministry claims.

Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa, has become the latest flashpoint in the conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas, which controls the Palestinian enclave.

Israel says Hamas is conducting military operations from a US-backed hospital on Tuesday, a charge Hamas denies.

00:19 Cancer patients evacuated from Gaza have arrived in Turkey

More than twenty cancer patients who managed to leave Gaza via Egypt arrived in Turkey on Wednesday evening for treatment, the official Turkish Anadolu Agency reported.

According to Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, “in total, forty people, twenty-seven patients and thirteen companions were brought to Turkey.”