They’re obviously not all,” senior US diplomat Robert Wood told reporters after the closed-door session. “There are a good number of countries that condemned the Hamas attacks. At an emergency session, the United States and Israel urged strong condemnation of the Palestinian Islamists. Numerous members of the UN security council denounced Hamas on Sunday but the United States regretted the lack of unanimity. The whereabouts and fate of the captives has become one of the most pressing issues for military planners. Up to 100 Israeli hostages, including women and children, may have been taken into Gaza by Hamas, hugely complicating any Israeli military operation to free them. He said “almost 48 hours into the fighting… the situation in Israel is a dire one” and the death toll will rise. Spokesperson for the Israel Defence Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus posted an update on the IDF’s response online. Videos posted online showed festival goers running frantically and getting into cars after the attacks. Israeli rescue service Zaka said that its paramedics have removed approximately 260 bodies from a music festival that was attacked by Hamas. In Gaza, which was pummelled by Israeli airstrikes, officials have reported at least 413 deaths. The Israeli death toll has risen to at least 700, including 44 soldiers, as the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said Israel was embarking on a “long and difficult war”. The death toll in the conflict, which began Saturday with a surprise attack by Hamas, has surpassed 1,100.
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