Biden says end to war in Gaza hard to achieve as Israel escalates attack on northern area

US President Joe Biden has said determination is simply a "possibility of moving towards a ceasefire" successful Lebanon, wherever Israel is warring the equipped radical Hezbollah, but added that "it's going to beryllium harder successful Gaza" contempt the decease of Hamas person Yahya Sinwar earlier this week.

He was speaking arsenic helium near Berlin, wherever helium met the German, French and British leaders.

Sinwar's decease had raised hopes successful immoderate quarters of an extremity to the warfare successful Gaza.

But connected Friday the lawman person of Hamas, Khalil al-Hayya, insisted it would lone fortify the group. He said Israeli hostages would not beryllium returned until Israel ended the warfare and withdrew from Gaza.

Meanwhile Israel escalated its battle connected the Jabalia exile camp, a densely-populated municipality country northbound of Gaza City which Israeli forces person besieged for 2 weeks, sending different service portion to enactment troops already operating there.

Sinwar was liable for the deadly Hamas onslaught connected Israeli communities adjacent Gaza connected 7 October past year, which killed astir 1,200 radical and saw 251 others taken to Gaza arsenic hostages.

Israel's consequent subject run successful Gaza has killed astatine slightest 42,500 people, the Hamas tally wellness ministry determination says.

The Israeli subject said earlier that Sinwar was killed erstwhile the gathering helium was hiding successful in the confederate Gaza metropolis of Rafah was struck with "tank fire". It besides noted its troops traded gunfire with a radical of "terrorists" earlier the gathering was targeted.

On Friday the pathologist successful Israel who conducted his autopsy told US media the origin of decease had been a "severe traumatic encephalon injury" from being changeable successful the head.

Dr Chen Kugel, from the National Center of Forensic Medicine successful Tel Aviv, says helium recovered wounds "from different sources" connected the erstwhile Hamas person - including injuries to his close forearm from "missile fire", a damaged near limb from "fallen masonry" and shrapnel injuries to his body.

"They caused the terrible damage, but the origin of decease is the gunshot coiled successful the head," helium told CNN.

Late connected Friday Reuters quoted Palestinian medics arsenic saying astatine slightest 30 radical were killed and galore much wounded successful Israeli strikes connected Jabalia that deed respective houses.

The Palestinian authoritative quality bureau Wafa said astatine slightest 20 women and children were among those killed. There was nary contiguous Israeli comment.

Before the latest strikes the Hamas-run wellness ministry successful Gaza said astatine slightest 39 Palestinians, galore successful Jabalia, had been killed by Israeli strikes crossed Gaza connected Friday.

Residents told Reuters that Israeli tanks had reached the bosom of Jabalia nether screen of dense aerial strikes and artillery fire, and said Israeli troops were destroying ample numbers of homes each day.

Later connected Friday residents reported that communications had been chopped successful Jabalia and 2 different towns successful bluish Gaza.

On Friday the caput of the UN's Office for Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA), Georgios Petropoulos told the BBC's Newshour programme that families successful Jabalia were enduring "atrocious conditions".

"We can't deed the alarm doorbell hard capable astir however dire and unsafe the concern for civilians determination is," helium said, speaking from Rafah successful confederate Gaza.

"Families that are successful northbound Gaza, particularly the ones that are successful Jabalia campy surrounded by Israeli forces, are trying to past successful what tin lone beryllium described arsenic atrocious conditions nether a precise dense bombardment."

On Thursday the Israeli subject said it had killed galore fighters successful close-quarters combat and dismantled subject infrastructure.

Mr Petropoulos added helium did not foresee getting assistance into the northbound of Gaza becoming easier arsenic a effect of Sinwar's death.

Very small assistance has entered bluish Gaza successful October. Israel said it sent successful astir 30 lorries of supplies into bluish Gaza connected Friday including food, water, aesculapian supplies and structure equipment. But section wellness officials told Reuters that assistance has not been reaching the worst-affected areas specified arsenic Jabalia.

"We don't spot a way to bid from wherever we are successful Gaza," helium said. "I inactive spot children dying connected the floors of hospitals for the deficiency of infirmary beds... and dialysis patients dying due to the fact that determination is nary substance allowed to get to hospitals."

Israel has repeatedly denied it is preventing assistance from entering Gaza. But the US has told Israel to boost humanitarian assistance entree successful Gaza oregon hazard having immoderate US subject assistance chopped off.

On Friday an Israeli curate told the BBC that Israel had "blockaded" parts of bluish Gaza, which see Jabalia.

Amichai Chikli told the BBC's Newshour programme: "We've created a blockade with our forces. We allowed the civilian colonisation to flight into the harmless zone, and we prevented supplies to participate the blockade region, which was a precise circumstantial portion wherever Hamas was trying to retrieve its medication and its subject capabilities."

He insisted this was "legal according to the planetary law".

Fighting besides continued successful Lebanon, wherever the IDF has launched a crushed penetration against Hezbollah.

On Friday, the Israeli subject said it had killed astir 60 Hezbollah fighters and destroyed the Iran-backed group's determination bid centre with an aerial strike.

Hezbollah meantime said it fired rockets astatine the Israeli metropolis of Haifa and areas to its north.