Israel-Hamas war live: IDF troops amass near Gaza as Palestinian death toll rises

The number of Palestinians killed in the conflict between Israel and Hamas has risen from 1,055 to 1,100, according to Gaza’s health ministry. A total of 5,339 people have been injured, it added.

Meanwhile, 1,200 Israelis have died since Hamas launched its attack and more than 2,700 have been injured, according to the country’s military.

Grilled earlier on LBC if he thought a siege of Gaza was appropriate if it involved “cutting off power, cutting off water”, Labour Sir Keir Starmer replied: “I think that Israel does have that right,” before also clarifying: “Obviously, everything should be done within international law.”

The Labour Muslim Network accused Sir Keir of endorsing the “collective punishment” of 2.2 million people in Gaza – calling for him to “retract his comments on LBC, and apologise”.

Israelis in northern towns have been told to stay at home and lock their doors due to a “possible infiltration”.

Writing on X, formerly Twitter, Israel’s Homefront Command said: “Residents of the settlements in the Gulf, Lower Galilee, Central Galilee, Upper Galilee, South Golan, North Golan and the conflict line must enter a protected area and stay there until further notice.”

There has been a “suspected infiltration” into Israeli airspace from Lebanon, according to the Israeli Defence Force.

A father-of-four has “no idea” if he will survive Israeli airstrikes over Gaza, Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports.

As our reporter spoke on the phone with him, the sound of a plane overhead was followed by “Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.”

King Charles has held a call with Israel’s president to express his “deep shock” at the “barbaric” attacks launched by Hamas.

“The two talked at length about the terrible massacre and how it was carried out,” a statement from Mr Herzog’s office said.

The risk of a passenger plane becoming a “casualty” of the war in Israel is “high”, according to aviation experts.

In a statement posted on its website, OpsGroup said Israel was an “active war zone” and lessons learned from the downing of the MH17 commercial flight over Ukraine in 2014 “need to be applied”.

“In the nine years since MH17 was shot down, we have made many advances in recognizing conflict zone risk to civil aviation,” it said.

“It’s time to apply that understanding, and avoid another civil aircraft catastrophe. The risk of a passenger aircraft becoming a casualty of this war is high.”

A British man has been confirmed dead in southern Israel after he went missing following Hamas’s attack on a music festival near Gaza.

Jake Marlowe, 26, was working as part of a security team at the dance festival when he went missing on Saturday.

“We are heartbroken to have to inform you the crushing news that our son Jake has been confirmed dead in southern Israel,” a statement released by his parents Lisa and Michael Marlowe said.

British Airways’ flight from London Heathrow to Tel Aviv is returning to the UK after a decision not to land at Israel’s main airport.

The Airbus A350 had flown almost all of its 2,233-mile journey before turning around. BA has now suspended flights on the route until further notice.

A spokesperson for British Airways said: “Safety is always our highest priority and following the latest assessment of the situation we’re suspending our flights to and from Tel Aviv.

“We’re contacting customers booked to travel to or from Tel Aviv to apologise for the inconvenience and offer options including a full refund and rebooking with another airline or with British Airways at a later date. We continue to monitor the situation in the region closely.”