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Live updates: Aid for Gaza stuck at border as Israeli siege persists and Biden plans trip to region

Palestinians stand by the building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Palestinians stand by the building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Last Updated: October 16, 2023 09:18 PM

Published: October 16, 2023 12:15 PM

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More than a million people have fled their homes in the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected Israel invasion that seeks to eliminate Hamas’ leadership after its deadly incursion. Aid groups are warning that Israel's ground offensive could accelerate the humanitarian crisis.

The war, which began on October 7, is the deadliest of the five wars fought by both sides in the Gaza Strip, with more than 4,000 people killed.

Here are the latest news about the war:

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US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. There is a continuing shortage of drinking water in the Gaza Strip, with aid workers warning that drinking untreated water poses a risk of illness. Overwhelmed doctors at the territory’s largest hospital struggle to care for patients as supplies of water, fuel and medicine run dangerously low. Hundreds of civilians killed in the Hamas attacks have yet to be identified by Israeli forensics teams. Palestinians wounded in Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip arrive at a hospital in Khan Younis Monday, Oct.16, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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Biden will head to Israel and Jordan as concerns mount that Israel-Hamas conflict will spread

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President Joe Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday to show support for the U.S. ally amid concerns the Israel-Hamas war could become a larger regional conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said early Tuesday in Tel Aviv.

Biden will then go to Jordan to meet with Arab leaders, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.

Blinken’s announcement followed hours of talks with Israeli officials, as well as an invitation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

As the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip grows more dire, Blinken also said the U.S. and Israel had agreed to develop a plan to enable humanitarian aid from donor nations to reach civilians in Gaza, “including the possibility of creating areas to help keep civilians out of harm’s way.”

“We share Israel’s concern that Hamas may seize or destroy aid entering Gaza or otherwise prevent it from reaching the people who need it,” Blinken said. 4: