Israel-Hamas war live: Gaza’s only power station runs out of fuel; Israel forms emergency unity government | Israel

It’s 7.30pm in Gaza City and Tel Aviv. Here is where things stand:

• The Palestinian death toll since Saturday stands at 1,100, including 326 children, and there are 5,339 injured. At least 30 people were killed and hundreds wounded as Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with hundreds of airstrikes overnight, a Hamas government official said. More than 260,000 people have fled their homes in the Gaza Strip as heavy Israeli bombardments from the air, land and sea continued, the UN said.

• The Israeli death toll stands at 1,200, an overwhelming number of them civilians. More than 2,700 are wounded. The jump in the death toll (up by 200) is “not because there is ongoing fighting,” an IDF spokesperson said, but because “now as the time has gone by we are discovering bodies of dead Israelis in the various communities that Hamas infiltrated and where they conducted their massacres”.

• Gaza’s only power plant ran out of fuel Wednesday afternoon, forcing it to shut down after Israel cut off supplies, the energy ministry said. That leaves only generators to power the territory – but they also run on fuel that is in short supply within Gaza.

• Israel formed an emergency unity government on Wednesday. The prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, agreed to form a war cabinet with the former defence minister and centrist opposition party leader Benny Gantz and to focus entirely on the conflict, a joint statement said.

• A report was received regarding a suspected “infiltration from Lebanon into Israeli airspace,” the Israel Defence Forces said on Wednesday. Sirens wailed across northern Israel and the IDF ordered residents to take shelter until further notice.

• The Israel Defence Forces hit hundreds of targets in Gaza overnight, including 80 in the neighbourhood of Beit Hanon and over 450 targets in the Al-Furqan neighborhood in the last 24 hours, and 70 more “targets” were hit in the neighbourhood of al-Daraj. The targets included banks and places the IDF says were used by Hamas to directed attacks against Israel. Israel’s military aim is to destroy Hamas’s military capabilities, a spokesperson said.

• Lebanon’s national news agency said two rockets had been fired from southern Lebanese territory towards Israeli territory. The Israeli military said an anti-tank missile was launched towards the town of Arav Al-Amsha, which lies close to the “blue line” that demarcates northern Israeli territory from southern Lebanon. Hezbollah said it was responsible for firing precision missiles on Israel.

• A British man has been confirmed dead in Israel. Jake Marlowe, 26, went missing after Hamas militants attacked a music festival near the village of Re’im on Saturday morning. Seventeen British nationals, including children, are feared dead or missing in Israel after an attack by Hamas.

• The UK’s foreign secretary, James Cleverly, was seen running for cover when sirens went off warning of incoming Hamas rocket fire during a visit to the town of Ofakim, in southern Israel.

• British Airways has suspended flights to and from Israel due to safety concerns. A BA flight turned back to London after nearly reaching Tel Aviv.

• The families of the 150 people thought to have been seized by Hamas militants and taken to Gaza to be held as hostages continue an agonising wait for news of their loved ones as retaliatory Israeli missile strikes continue to pound the enclave.

• Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, told soldiers: “We will come from the ground,” in another clear sign that a ground offensive into Gaza is imminent. Speaking on Tuesday to soldiers near the Gaza fence, Gallant said, “Hamas wanted a change and it will get one. What was in Gaza will no longer be. We started the offensive from the air, later on we will also come from the ground.”

• The US has discussed brokering an aid corridor for civilians in Gaza as Israel’s air force continued to pound the territory. The US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said on Tuesday that talks on safe passage for civilians in Gaza were being held with Israel and Egypt.

At least 1,100 Palestinians, including 326 children, have been killed since Saturday, Gaza’s health ministry said.

The total number of people injured stands at 5,339.

A previous update from the Gaza health ministry on Wednesday morning put the death toll at 1,055 Palestinians and 5,184 wounded.

A British man who had been missing since Saturday has been found dead in Israel, his family confirmed.

Jake Marlowe, 26, went missing after Hamas militants attacked a music festival near the village of Re’im on Saturday morning.

He was “now confirmed dead in southern Israel”, an Israeli embassy spokesperson told Sky News.

A statement released by Lisa and Michael Marlowe said:

We are heartbroken to have to inform you the crushing news that our son Jake has been confirmed dead in southern Israel.

Marlowe had been working for the security team at the festival, his mother told Jewish News.

He was doing security at this rave and called me at 4.30am to say all these rockets were flying over. Then, at about 5.30am, he texted to say ‘signal very bad, everything OK, will keep you updated I promise you’, and that he loves me.

She said she had moved to the city of Ma’alot in northern Israel two years ago.

Seventeen British nationals, including children, are feared dead or missing in Israel after an attack by Hamas.

The Israel Defence Forces have said they have received a report regarding a “suspected infiltration” from Lebanon into Israeli airspace.

Noa Yachot

Israeli media said a number of aircraft – with some reports referencing hang gliders – entered northern Israel from Lebanon.

Sirens wailed across the region and the IDF ordered residents to take shelter until further notice.