A military plane with 139 people evacuated from Gaza landed in Madrid, Reuters reported.
Most of the people on the plane were people with dual citizenship of Spain and Palestine and their relatives, who initially evacuated from Gaza to Egypt.
The evacuees were welcomed at the base of the Spanish Air Force in Torrejon de Ardoz by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense of Spain, Jose Manuel Albares and Margarita Robles.
The Spanish Ministry of Defense announced that there are 85 Spanish citizens in Madrid, while 54 people have Palestinian passports.
The Jordanian army sent a field hospital to Nablus in the West Bank, Reuters reported.
Jordan's state news agency says a field hospital has been sent to provide medical aid to patients and wounded people.
An Indonesian hospital in Gaza has been closed and 45 patients in urgent need of surgery have been left in the reception area, hospital director Atef al-Kalut told Al Jazeera, Reuters reported.
"The Indonesian hospital has completely stopped treatment and surgery," said Kalut.
He added that the hospital has stopped working because they are unable to accommodate patients from Gaza and the northern Strip.
The head of the Israeli army said that they are close to destroying the military system that existed in the north of Gaza, reports Reuters.
The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas said it was responsible for the shooting at a tunnel checkpoint between Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, reports Reuters.
Israeli police previously said they shot and "neutralized" the suspect in the shooting.
The head of the Palestinian UN refugee agency (UNRWA) said he believed there was a deliberate attempt to "stifle" its humanitarian work in Gaza, warning that the agency may have to suspend its operations entirely due to fuel shortages, Reuters reports.
"I believe there is a deliberate attempt to stifle our operation and paralyze the operation," UNRVA Commissioner-General Filipe Lazarini told reporters in Geneva, calling it "outrageous" that humanitarian aid was being forced to seek fuel.
He added that the agency, which supports more than 800.000 displaced people in Gaza, is in danger of completely suspending its work.
The Israeli army announced this afternoon that three more soldiers were killed in the fighting in the Gaza Strip, and that a total of 51 soldiers have been killed in the Palestinian territory since the start of the war against Hamas, which rules there.
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Israeli police said today they shot and "neutralized" a suspect in a shooting attack on a tunnel checkpoint between Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, adding that large forces had been deployed to the scene, reports Reuters.
Israel's emergency services said its doctors were treating five people who were wounded, including one in critical condition.
A group of United Nations experts said today that there is "evidence of growing incitement to genocide" against the Palestinian people in what it said were "grave violations" committed by Israel, reports Reuters.
"We are deeply troubled by the failure of governments to heed our call and to achieve an immediate ceasefire," the group of experts, which included several UN special rapporteurs, said in a statement.
"We are also deeply concerned about the support of certain governments for Israel's strategy of warfare against the besieged population of Gaza and the failure of the international system to mobilize to prevent genocide.
UN experts have previously warned that the Palestinian people are at "serious risk of genocide".
France has condemned violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, calling it a "policy of terror" aimed at displacing Palestinians and calling on Israeli authorities to protect Palestinians from violence, Reuters reports.
Speaking to reporters, foreign ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre also said that about half of the 100 tons of aid France sent to Gaza had entered the enclave. She added that it was not up to Israel to decide the future governance of Gaza, which she said should be part of a future Palestinian state.
The masked special forces leading us into the building over the rubble and broken glass are a sign of how tense the situation remains, writes the BBC.
"Any additional light here is risky, so we feel with our hands as we walk through the complex, following the heavily armed soldiers sent to secure us, going around makeshift tents, debris and people sleeping."
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borelj urged Israel on Thursday not to be "overwhelmed by anger" in its response to last month's attack by Hamas, saying that "one horror does not justify another," reports Reuters.
Borel made his comments on a visit to Israel, speaking alongside Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen after the two visited Kibbutz Beeri, the site of the October 7 attack.
“I understand your anger, but let me ask you not to be consumed by anger. I think Israel's best friends can tell you that.
Israeli forces have been dropping leaflets warning Palestinians to move out of parts of the southern Gaza Strip, residents said today, indicating a possible expansion of military operations into areas where hundreds of thousands of people have taken refuge under earlier evacuation orders.
The expansion of operations to the south, where the Israeli military carries out daily airstrikes, threatens to worsen the severe humanitarian crisis in the besieged territory.
About 1,5 million of Gaza's 2,3 million inhabitants are internally displaced, mostly to the south, where there is less and less food, and we have neither water nor electricity.
Leaflets thrown east of the southern settlement of Khan Yunis warn residents to evacuate and state that anyone near the extremists and their positions is "putting their lives in danger." Leaflets with similar messages were dropped in northern Gaza weeks before the ground invasion began.
Two local journalists who live near Khan Yunis confirmed that leaflets were thrown. Photos were also posted on social media, and the Israeli army refused to comment.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said on Wednesday that the ground offensive would eventually "involve the north and the south" and threatened that Israel would "hit Hamas wherever it is".
The military said it had largely consolidated control of the north, including taking over and demolishing government buildings.
Today, the army blew up a house belonging to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. It remained unclear whether anyone was in the house, and Haniej is known to live abroad.
In the south, fuel shortages threaten to paralyze the delivery of humanitarian aid, and internet connections and mobile phones are down.
Israel allowed a small amount of fuel to be delivered to Gaza on Wednesday for the first time since the start of the war so that the UN Refugee Agency (UNRWA), which provides basic services to hundreds of thousands of people, could resume limited aid deliveries through the Rafah border crossing to Egypt.
The amount of fuel delivered cannot be used for hospitals or water desalination and covers less than 10 percent of the agency's needs to continue saving lives, said UNRWA director Thomas White.
If operations expand to the south, it is unclear where Gazans will flee to, as Egypt refuses mass displacement into its territory.
Meanwhile, soldiers continue to search the Shifa hospital in the northern Strip after entering it early Wednesday morning, pending further evidence today that the central command of Hamas, which Israel claims is hidden beneath the hospital complex, is there.
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United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Folker Turk today warned of a "potentially explosive" situation in the occupied West Bank.
"I am deeply concerned about the intensification of violence and serious discrimination against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem," Turk said at a briefing after a recent trip to the Middle East.
He added that, in his opinion, "it creates a potentially explosive situation."
The Turk said there were "extremely serious allegations" of violations of international law in the war between Israel and Hamas and called for an international investigation.
"Extremely serious allegations of multiple and grave violations of international humanitarian law, regardless of the perpetrators, require rigorous investigation and determination of responsibility," said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
He added that "an international investigation is necessary".
"I am deeply concerned about the intensification of violence and serious discrimination against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem," Turk told a briefing after a recent trip to the Middle East.
He added that, in his opinion, "it creates a potentially explosive situation."
The Turk said there were "extremely serious allegations" of violations of international law in the Israel-Hamas war.
"Extremely serious allegations of multiple and grave violations of international humanitarian law, regardless of the perpetrators, require rigorous investigation and determination of responsibility," said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Turk added that "an international investigation is necessary".
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The Israeli army announced that its troops had taken "operational control" of the port of Gaza, a key piece of infrastructure in the Palestinian territory where Israel is waging a war with Hamas militants, Radio Free Europe reports.
"In the past few days, in a joint operation, the soldiers...took operational control over the port of Gaza, which was controlled by the terrorist organization Hamas," the Israeli army said in a statement.
The Israeli army continued its operation in the main hospital in the Gaza Strip, a strategic military position of what it says is Hamas, where thousands of civilians have taken refuge, raising serious concerns.
"Tonight we are conducting a targeted operation at Al-Shifa Hospital. We are continuing to move forward," Major General Jaron Finkelman told the military's Telegram channel late last night.
The Israeli army confirmed to Agence France-Presse early this morning that its soldiers are still stationed in the hospital, the largest in Gaza, where, according to the UN, there are about 2.300 people, patients, those who care for them and displaced persons.
The Ministry of Health there announced that Israeli bulldozers destroyed parts of the southern entrance.
Israel accuses Hamas of using the hospital as a military base, and it is one of the main targets in the war against the organization, which the US and EU consider a terrorist organization that controls the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army claims to have found weapons, ammunition and military equipment in the hospital.
Footage has been released that the military claims shows weapons, grenades and other equipment in the hospital. France Press could not independently confirm this. Israeli media reports that some foreign journalists were allowed into the hospital to see it.
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The Israeli police announced that they "neutralized" the attacker after a "shootout" at the checkpoint that connects Jerusalem with the occupied West Bank.
Israel's emergency services said five people were wounded and one person was in critical condition.
An Agence France-Presse journalist heard gunfire from an automatic weapon at that checkpoint.
The attack took place on the 41st day of the war between Israel and the Islamic extremist group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip.
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US President Joseph Biden expressed his belief that Israel's war against Hamas will end when the extremist organization is deprived of the ability to kill and injure Israelis.
He appealed to the Israelis to exercise restraint when carrying out military operations in Al Shit, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip.
"I think it will stop when Hamas no longer has the capacity to kill," Biden said last night about the war.
The American leader believes that "the ultimate answer is a two-state solution (according to the model)" and that Israelis and Palestinians live side by side, AP reported.
Biden said this at a press conference after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in California.
The Biden administration continues to reject calls for a ceasefire and states that Israel has the right to defend itself after the October 7 massacre, but supports shorter humanitarian pauses, expecting the Israeli side to respect the rules of war in the Gaza conflict, Israeli media reported.
The US president assessed that Israel is taking a risk by acting around the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, but that "one thing is confirmed: Hamas has headquarters, weapons, material under the hospital".
He also expressed hope that an agreement would be reached on the release of about 240 hostages held in Gaza, thanks to Qatar's mediation.
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The United Nations (UN) Security Council adopted a resolution calling for "immediate and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors" in Gaza after four failed attempts to respond to the war between Israel and Hamas.
The resolution was adopted with 12 votes in favor, with the USA, Great Britain and Russia abstaining.
In the final text, the word "request" was changed to "call", and the demand for "the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages held by Hamas and other groups" was softened.
The resolution also does not mention the ceasefire, nor the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7.
Security Council resolutions are legally binding, including invitations, but in many cases have not been translated into action.
Russia proposed an amendment to the resolution before the vote that would have called for humanitarian breaks to lead to a ceasefire, but it was rejected. Five countries voted "for", one was against and there was not a minimum of nine votes for it to be adopted.
The resolution was adopted on a day when, two and a half weeks after tanks and ground forces entered the northern Gaza Strip, Israeli forces entered a hospital in the capital of the Palestinian enclave, which they claim is the Hamas command center, and searched it.
Shifa Hospital has become a symbol of the suffering of the Palestinian people in the war between Israel and Hamas that broke out after members of the extremist Islamic organization killed more than 1.200 people, most of them civilians, and took about 240 hostages in an unprecedented attack in southern Israel.
More than 11.200 Palestinians, two-thirds of them women and minors, have died in Gaza since then, according to the Gaza ministry.
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