Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel says 380 soldiers killed in Oct 7 attack, 346 killed in Gaza war

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Hamas fires rockets from Gaza, setting off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv on Oct. 7 anniversary. There was no immediate reports of death or injuries.

The rocket attack set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv, as well as closer to the Gaza border.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said that October 7 is a day for the global community to condemn the “abhorrent acts of Hamas”. The day marks the completion of one year of the horrific day when Hamas launched its attack on Israel.

“This is a day for the global community to repeat in the loudest voice our utter condemnation of the abhorrent acts of Hamas, including the taking of hostages. Over the course of the past year, I have met with the families of hostages…learned more about the lives, hopes and dreams of their loved ones … and shared in their anguish and pain. I cannot imagine the torture they are forced to endure every day. I demand once again the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages,” the UN Secretary-General said in a message.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: The Israeli army on Monday said it had deployed another division to participate in operations in Lebanon -making it the third troop grouping at division strength to be used in the ground operations against Hezbollah.

“The soldiers of the 91st Division began localised and targeted operational activity in southern Lebanon,” said a statement from the army.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.

“The “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation set the Zionist regime back 70 years,” Khamenei wrote in Hebrew in a post on X.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel on Monday said it bombed Hamas targets across Gaza to prevent what it termed was an “immediate” threat of rocket fire the group was planning to mark its devastating attack a year ago.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday paid tributes to the victims of the Hamas October 7 attack on Israel, on the first anniversary of war that threatens to pull Iran and Israel into an all-out war in West Asia.

“The pain remains, as vivid as it was a year ago. The pain of the Israeli people. Ours. The pain of wounded humanity. We do not forget the victims, the hostages, or the families with broken hearts from absence or waiting. I send them our fraternal thoughts,” Macron wrote in a post on social platform X.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Rising borrowing costs and credit rating downgrades have begun straining Israel’s economy a year after it launched its war on Gaza and Lebanon.

According to Israel’s finance ministry, the direct cost of funding the war in Gaza through August was 100 billion shekel ($26.3 billion). The Bank of Israel predicts the cost could rise to 250 billion shekel ($65 billion) by the end of 2025.

Israel’s finance minister has said the economy is strong, and the country’s credit ratings should rebound once the war has ended.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Consul General of Israel in India Kobbi Shoshani said the United Nations, António Guterres does not deserve to head the global body as he is “not brave enough” to condemn Iran’s missile attack on Israel.

“If missiles were sent to Paris or Oslo or Ireland or Spain it would be catastrophic…I would like to thank not only the Indian government but also the people of India as the love and support that we get here in India is very important,” Shoshani said.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel’s President Isaac Herzog on Monday said the world “must support Israel” to bring peace.

“The world has to realise and understand that in order to change the course of history and bring peace, a better future to the region, it must support Israel in its battle against its enemies,” said the President in a statement.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Hostages and Missing Families Forum on Monday announced the death of a hostage held in Gaza.

The forum said Idan Shtivi, 28, was abducted from the site of the Nova festival and his “body is still held captive by Hamas”.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began on October 7 last year, said a report for Brown University’s Costs of War project.

An additional $4.86 billion has gone into stepped-up U.S. military operations in the region aimed at what the US describes as Israel’s “right to defend itself”.

The report was prepared before Israel opened a second front against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Iran’s foreign ministry summoned the Australian ambassador in Tehran, Ian McConville, over what it called his country’s “biased” stance regarding Iran’s missile attack on Israel.

However, a spokesperson for Australia’s department of foreign affairs and trade said the country “makes no apology for the views it has expressed about Iran’s actions or the actions of its ambassador to Australia”.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israeli military said on Monday that at least four projectiles were fired from the Gaza Strip just minutes after the country began to formally commemorate last year’s October 7 attacks by Hamas.

The military said sirens also sounded in Upper Galilee area of northern Israel. Earlier, Israel also claimed to have intercepted two “suspicious aerial targets” launched from the east.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel on Monday marked the first anniversary of the October 7 attack by Hamas militants, the deadliest in the country’s history.

A series of memorials and rallies have been planned across the country to commemorate the attack even as the country remains on high alert to thwart security threats.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israeli military said it intercepted two aerial targets, early on Monday, launched from the east after sirens went off in the central areas of Rishon Letsiyon and Palmachim.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel’s military said in a statement on Monday that one of its soldiers was killed in combat on the Lebanese border and two soldiers were severely injured.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel on Sunday reiterated its call for the complete evacuation of heavily destroyed northern Gaza, where an estimated 3,00,000 people still live amid war ruins.

“We are in a new phase of the war. These areas are considered dangerous combat zones,” the military said in leaflets dropped over the area as frantic residents fled again in search of safety.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel’s military said early on Monday that sirens were sounded in Rishon Letsiyon in central Israel.

Hezbollah has been launching rocket attacks across northern Israel in response to Israeli strikes on its sites across Beirut and southern Lebanon.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel on Sunday declared the areas around three towns near the border with Lebanon, Manara, Yiftach and Malkia, to be closed military zones. The IDF said the move was made in accordance with an assessment of the security situation in these areas.

Hezbollah attacked parts of northern Israel including port city of Haifa on Sunday.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Egypt on Sunday welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron’s call to halt exporting arms to Israel intended for use in Gaza, citing the serious violations of international law and international humanitarian law committed by the Israeli military in both the strip and Lebanon.