Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 200?

The spokesperson for Hamas' armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, called on Tuesday for an escalation across all fronts in a televised speech marking 200 days since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7.

Israel says it is seeking to eradicate Hamas, which controls the enclave. The war started when the terrorist group attacked Israel, killing 1,200 and taking 253 hostages.

In a video aired by Al Jazeera TV, Abu Ubaida praised Iran's attack on Israel on April 13, saying the direct strikes with explosive drones and missiles "set new rules, drew important equations, and confused the enemy and those behind it."

Israeli air force jets attacked two buildings used by Hezbollah terrorists in the areas of Ayta al Sha'ab and Blida in southern Lebanon on Monday.

Additionally, Israel targeted other buildings in the Markaba area in southern Lebanon.

Israel has ordered new evacuations in the Beit Lahia area of northern Gaza, describing it as a "dangerous combat zone," IDF's Arabic spokesperson said on Tuesday.

In a post on social media platform X, Israeli army spokesman Avichai Adraee urged residents of four zones in northern Beit Lahia to move to shelter in two designated areas.

He said the military "will work with extreme force against terrorist infrastructure and subversive elements" in the region.

A spokesperson for Hamas' armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, called on Tuesday for an escalation across all fronts in a televised speech marking 200 days since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza on Oct. 7.

Gazans have reported discovering a mass grave with over 200 bodies on Monday near the Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip.

The Qatari-based news outlet Al-Jazeera published a report on the matter claiming that Palestinian civil defense members and paramedics have retrieved "300 bodies buried in this mass grave by the Israeli military."

The IDF has rejected these claims in an official statement in response to the reports saying that they are "baseless and unfounded." 

IDF responds 

The IDF spokesperson unit continued saying that, "that the claim that the IDF buried Palestinian bodies is baseless and unfounded.

At least two people were killed including an 11-year-old girl, and six others injured after an Israeli airstrike hit a residential area in the southern Lebanese town of Hanin, Lebanon's official news agency NNA said on Tuesday.

"Israeli warplanes struck a two-story house with two air-to-surface missiles, completely destroying the building which was inhabited by a family that had not left the town since Israeli attacks began," NNA said.

Hamas is fundamentally responsible for the suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza, US Special Envoy David Satterfield told reporters on Tuesday, as he dismissed a question about Hamas's humanitarian policy compared to that of Israel.

"Hamas's humanitarian policy is the opposite of humanitarian. It is to use innocent civilians as shields, as presumed protection for their own facilities, for their own terrorist military forces," he said, as he appeared startled by the comparison. 

“The fundamental actor responsible for the suffering here is a terrorist group — Hamas,” explained Satterfield, who is specifically tasked with humanitarian issues relating to Gaza.

Several launches from Lebanon crossed into the area of Margaliot on Tuesday night, according to Israeli media. 

No alert sounded and there were reports of power cuts in Margaliot.

A Jewish French woman was allegedly raped, kidnapped, and threatened with murder by a man in Gennevilliers who reportedly sought revenge for Palestinians, French media reported on Tuesday night.

The 32-year-old was charged on Tuesday with religiously-motivated death threats and use of narcotics, according to Le Parisien. BFMTV said that the rape allegation is still being investigated, but the prosecution did believe a  kidnapping charge was warranted.

Major General Yehuda Fuchs, who recently announced his retirement as Commander of the Central Command, is highly qualified to replace the outgoing Head of Military Intelligence, Major General Aharon Haliva. IDF sources revealed that Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi was not surprised by Haliva's resignation announcement on Monday, which was "agreed upon in a gentlemanly manner" to avoid a greater disruption.

Military and security sources indicated that this situation requires an experienced leader for Military Intelligence, not a young officer taking on their first role as Major General. This reference is likely aimed at Brigadier General Shlomi Binder, the current Head of Operations, who might have been involved in the events leading up to the October 7 attack and in the initial hours in Gaza following the attack.