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According to reports, Israel said it will attack hamas by land, sea and air, the u.s. have ordered a second aircraft carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean sea. Reportedly, thousands of palestinians are moving to south Gaza in vehicles or on foot while mosques were broadcasting messages telling residents to stay. According to a report, an israeli citizen has been killed near the northern border of Israel by a missile fired from Lebanon.

Reportedly, Israel has fought four wars with hamas, every attempt to stop its rocket attacks have failed. According to the report, hamas will have prepared for an israeli offensive with landmines. Reportedly, in 2014 Israel suffered heavy losses from anti-tank missiles, snipers and ambushes using Gaza’s extensive tunnels. According to the report, a spokesman for Israel said the war could take months.

Reportedly, an israeli military analyst said that he didn’t think it was possible to dismantle hamas, being an idea of extremist islam but that it was possible to weaken it so it has no operational capabilities. According to the report, a spokesman for the military said by the end of the war hamas should not have the military capacity to threaten or kill israeli citizens.

According to reports, Israel has amassed tens of thousands of troops on the Gaza border. Reportedly, its force of 160,000 is supplemented with 300,000 reservists. According to the report, Israel believe hamas have around 30,000 troops, with weapons including automatic rifles, rocket propelled grenades and anti-tank missiles.

Reportedly, hamas have ruled Gaza since Israeli troops and residents withdrew in 2007, since then they have fired thousands of rockets at Israel and carried out other attacks; in response Israel have launched airstrikes and sent troops into Gaza during two wars. According to reports, palestinians have been told to move south of the wadi Gaza in preperation for an israeli ground attack.

According to reports, Israel has told more than a million palestinians to move to the south of Gaza as they continue their offensive against hamas, hamas have told them not to go. Reportedly, Israel say they will not restore electricity or allow resources into Gaza until the 150 hostages are released. According to the report, Israel’s energy minister said that no electricity switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter through Israel’s checkpoints until the hostages are released.

According to the report, atleast 1200 people were killed by hamas in Israel, and more than 1300 died in airstrikes in Gaza, many injuries and hospitals are running low on electricity. Reportedly, Gaza’s only power plant ran out of fuel on Wednesday and generators could stop working in hours. According to the report, no power puts new borns’ incubators at risk, kidney dialysis stops, xrays can’t be taken and monitoring equipment and operating theatres can’t function. According to the report, doctors say in many cases only life saving treatment is being carried out, hospitals are experiencing long queues of people waiting for emergency treatment, they are running out of supplies and are appealing for blood donations. Reportedly, a spokesman for the redcross has implored both sides to reduce the suffering of civilians. According to the report, Egypt said it is trying to arrange aid through the Cairo checkpoint but Israeli airstrikes make it difficult.

According to a report, after days of fighting the bodies of 1500 hamas militants have been recovered near the border with Gaza and the border has been secured. Reportedly, Gaza, home to 2.3 million people is completely blockaded again, and israelis have cut supplies of electricity and water. According to the report, though Israel say they are targeting hamas controlled buildings, airstrikes have killed more than 700 people, many injuries and hospitals say they are experiencing a shortage of medical supplies and fuel. Reportedly, the palestinian health authority has called on international actors to urge Israel to restart power lines.

Meanwhile, there have been clashes on the border with Lebanon on Sunday and Monday. According to reports, the outlawed militant group, hezbollah has made several attempts to cross the border.

According to a report, gun men have roamed through southern Israel killing atleast 800 people, over 2,500 have been injured and over 100 taken captive. Reportedly, hamas fighters swept out of Gaza in all directions and assaulted 27 different locations as far as the city of Ofaqim, aprox 26 km from Gaza. According to the report, rockets have barraged Ashkelon, a key city between Gaza and Samaria, is this a hamas attempt at a two state solution?

Reportedly, Gaza has 7 official crossings, six controlled by Israelis, the seventh crosses into Cairo. According to the report, some hamas fighters entered Israel by boat, some flew over the barrier in paragliders and others penetrated the barrier with a bull dozer or explosives; israeli troops were killed at checkpoints.

Reportedly, 260 bodies were recovered at a music festival near the border. According to the report, in Sderot -3 kms to the east of Gaza – militants were seen standing on the back of a pick up truck being driven through the city, similar scenes elsewhere, civilians have been told to stay indoors.

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According to reports, the hamas invasion of southern Israel has so far resulted in around 400 israeli deaths, dozens of israelis have been taken hostage into Gaza. Reportedly, retaliatory airstrikes have so far killed 313 palestinians, with 2000 wounded.

According to reports, the invasion began on Saturday morning with hamas launching rocket attacks, advancing into Israel and calling on palestinians to take up arms against israelis. Reportedly, four people were injured in a rocket attack in the city of Sderot, other rocket attacks in Ashkelon and elsewhere in southern Israel. According to the report, gun battles occurred in various towns in the south, including the town of Magen, a kibbutz in the region. Reportedly, a spokesman for the israeli defence force said primary goals were to stabilise defence, protect the border and take care of the communities.

According to a report, the israeli military are fighting hamas who have infiltrated southern Israel, near the border with Gaza. Reportedly, in retaliation Israel said that dozens of fighter jets are carrying out air strikes against sites belonging to hamas in Gaza. According to the report, in Gaza 198 people have been killed and 1600 wounded; in Israel 44 people have died, many injured.

Reportedly, a resident of a kibbutz near the scene said that they are barricaded in and feel like they have been abandoned by the authorities. According to the report, the head of Sha’ar Hanegev regional council was killed when he went to help defend a town.

According to a report, south Sudan has granted sudanese professionals work permits to work in south Sudan. Reportedly, some sudanese doctors have fled to south Sudan following the outbreak of conflict between the Sudan armed forces and the rapid support forces in April.

According to the report, in 2012 Sudan and south Sudan signed a cooperation agreement granting citizens of both regions the freedom to reside and carry out business activities in either region.

According to a report, democrats haven’t supported Joe Biden concerning funding to Ukraine but have prevented a shutdown of congress. Reportedly, the senate has approved a stopgap measure that maintains government funding at current levels until November 17. According to the report, the funding which received approval on Saturday with a vote of 335-91 in the house of representatives and 88-9 in the senate is for the sum of $16 billion for natural disasters and lacks any provision for military aid.

Meanwhile, according to reports, u.s. house speaker Kevin McCarthy has been voted out, the first time in history a house speaker has been voted out.

According to a report, cypriot diplomats with the u.n. and an eu envoy are seeking to revive peacetalks on the divided island of Cyprus. Reportedly, Cyprus was under british rule from 1878, it formed part of an important trade route to and from Africa via the Suez canal. According to the report, under uk rule, 78% of the cypriot population were greek, 18% turkish; the turkish population favoured british rule, the greeks union with Greece. Power sharing didn’t work. Reported pogroms resulted in turkish cypriots withdrawing from government and moving north.

According to the report, in 1974 a coup on behalf of greek cypriots was followed by a turkish invasion and the partitioning of the island with barbed wire fencing and concrete blocks; now forms part of a u.n. buffer zone. Reportedly, the width varies largely from under 20 metres to 7 kilometres. According to reports, northern Cyprus is the unrecognised turkish republic of northern Cyprus. May be a sticking point in Turkey’s ambition to join the eu. Reportedly, the uk retains military bases in Cyprus as part of an important trade route from Africa and the middle east.