Foreign passport holders seen entering Rafah crossing; Gaza communications cut again: Live updates

CNBC's Live Blog is a live update of the war between Israel and Hamas. Men carrying logs of firewood to heat large cooking pots outside along a road in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 31, 2023 during ongoing battles between Israel's and Hamas's Palestinian movement.

The director of the Indonesian hospital and the Health Ministry both confirmed that at least 50 people had been killed by the explosion. A spokesperson for the IDF said that the Israeli military had killed Ibrahim Biari, a senior Hamas leader and one of the architects behind the terror attack on Oct. 7, during the deadly strike. Bolivia has also announced that it has cut diplomatic ties due to the civilian deaths caused by Israel's war campaign. On Wednesday, dozens of people crossed the Rafah border from Gaza into Egypt. Paltel and Jawwal, two of the major providers in Gaza, reported an "absolute disruption" in communications and internet service in Gaza early Wednesday morning, marking the second significant cut in just five days. James Cleverly stated that the Rafah crossing would likely open today to a first group foreign nationals. "UK teams will be ready to help British nationals once they can leave. Rafah Crossing, the only exit from Gaza that Israel does not control. Jonathan Conricus, spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces on CNN, warned against complacency and said that Palestinian authorities had "greatly inflate" the number of casualties in the past in relation to a bombing at the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza. Jonathan Conricus, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, Israeli Army spokesperson for International Media.

I haven't seen any confirmed figures of civilian casualties. Conricus stated, "I don't say that there aren't civilian casualties." Israeli military confirmed that a deadly air strike in the Jabalia Refugee Camp, located in northern Gaza Strip, killed a Hamas senior commander on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia has always supported the Palestinian cause, and refused to cut diplomatic ties with Israel. Marianela Prada, the Bolivian Presidency Minister for Luis Arce, delivers a speech at her inauguration ceremony on November 9, 2020. The event will take place in the Casa Grande del Pueblo Government Palace in La Paz. Luis Arce, a leftist economist, assumed the Bolivian Presidency facing the challenge to unite a polarized Bolivian society and revive an economy devastated by the coronavirus. (Photo taken by AIZAR RALDES / AFP). (Photo taken by AIZAR RALDES/AFP through Getty Images).

In Rafah in Egypt, on October 31, 2023, military personnel are standing guard during the visit of Egyptian Prime minister Mostafa Mahbouly to the Rafah crossing between Egypt's Gaza Strip and Egypt. The conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist Hamas is ongoing.

Paltel, the Palestinian telecommunications company, said that all internet and communication services in Gaza Strip were interrupted. This was according to a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, a social media platform.

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