Biden Warns Iran To 'Be Careful' As Israel-Hamas War Rages, Gaza Sinks Into Darkness With No Power

<p>Peace seems to be a far-fetched dream as Israel's war with Hamas sees no hope for an end and Gazans face the brunt of the raging conflict with no power and water supply. Meanwhile, US President has warned Iran against getting involved in the conflict.</p> <p>Biden despatched his top diplomat, Antony Blinken, to the Middle East to show Washington's enduring support for Israel, seek to secure the release of captives, including Americans, and prevent a wider war from erupting.</p> <p>Speaking to a roundtable of Jewish community leaders in Washington, Biden said his deployment of military ships and aircraft closer to Israel should be seen as a signal to Iran, which backs Islamist groups Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah.</p> <p>"We made it clear to the Iranians: Be careful," Biden said, adding that the moving of US aircraft carrier and military ships closer to Israel should be a clear signal to Iran, which backs Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah. US sources, as quoted by Reuters, also suspected that Iran knew about Hamas's plan of launching the suprise attack even though initial intel reports showed that some Iraninan leaders were suprised by the attack from Gaza.</p> <h3><strong>Gaza Sinks Into Darkness</strong></h3> <p>For days, Gaza has been shrouded by smoke, rubble and deaths in the face of near-constant bombardment in retaliatory action by Israel and to add to the woes, now the region is devoid of electricty as the lone power station ran out of fuel.</p> <p>In Gaza, the night sky has been brightened also by rocket shower as Israel eyes revenge for the deady Hamas onslaught. At around 4:30 am on Thursday (local time), Israel's military said it was conducting a "large-scale strike" on targets belonging to Hamas in Gaza but did not provide details, Reuters reported.</p> <p>Without power, water can't be pumped into houses and total darkness descends on Gazan as night with phone flashlights to the rescue along with the sudden blaze from the rockets.</p> <p>"I lived through all the wars and incursions in the past, but I have never witnessed anything worse than this war," said Yamen Hamad, 35, a father-of-four, who lost his home in the Israeli strikes on the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, told Reuters.</p> <p>At a hospital in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, people waited queued up outside the overloaded morgue where bodies were laid out on the floor because coolers were full or had no power.&nbsp;</p> <p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD" data-testid="paragraph-10">This comes as the Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant pledged intensify the military campaign in Gaza, saying Israel would wipe Hamas "off the face of the Earth".</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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