- Nasser Medical Complex has received 17 bodies and dozens of injured people following the launch of a new Israeli assault on eastern Khan Younis.
- The Israeli air attacks and artillery shelling comes minutes after the military ordered the evacuation that Gaza’s Civil Defence says affects more than 400,000 people.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is travelling to the US, says Israel will dispatch negotiators to restart stalled captive exchange talks on Thursday. He did not specify the delegation’s destination.
- At least 38,983 people have been killed and 89,727 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. The death toll in Israel from Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is estimated at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive in Gaza.
- Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis urgently appeals for blood donationsNasser Hospital in Khan Younis is appealing for urgent blood donations, the Palestinian health ministry has said in a statement.The hospital said it faces a shortage of blood units “which poses a serious threat to the lives of the sick and injured in light of the ongoing massacres carried out by the occupation forces against the innocent and civilians”.
- Israel asks over 400,000 people to leave eastern Khan Younis: Civil DefencePalestinian Civil Defence has said the Israeli evacuation order affected more than 400,000 people in the eastern areas of Khan Younis.Our reporter said earlier that the residents were given no time to flee as the Israeli military operation started shortly after the leaflets were dropped.
- Israel will be strong US ally regardless who is president: NetanyahuIsrael’s Army Radio reports that Netanyahu has met with families of the Israeli captives at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, who will accompany him to Washington.Speaking to reporters before his departure for Washington, he said Israel will be the US’ strongest ally in the Middle East regardless of who is elected president in November.He added that he will thank Biden for all he has done for Israel and that they will discuss releasing the captives and defeating Hamas in Gaza.
- Khan Younis death toll rises to 17: ReportsThe death toll in Israel’s attack on the eastern outskirts of Khan Younis has risen to 17, according to the Palestinian media.The bodies are arriving at Nasser Medical Complex in the southern city. The dead include six people killed from the same Abu Harb family as their house was targeted in the town of Bani Suheila, 2km (1.2 miles) east from the Khan Younis city.Other targeted areas include Qizan an-Najjar, Abasan al-Kabira and Khuza’a to the east of the city, as well as Al-Qarara to the north.
- Israeli military says air force attacked 35 targets in Gaza Strip raidsIsraeli fighter jets and other aircraft attacked some 35 “targets throughout the Gaza Strip” over the past day, including a rocket launch site, “military buildings” and other infrastructure, the military said in a post on social media.Claiming to have “eliminated dozens of terrorists” in ground fighting in Rafah city’s Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood, the Israeli military also said its aircraft attacked and killed a Hamas official who had participated in the October 7 attack on southern Israel.
- Khan Younis residents given no chance to follow evacuation ordersReporting from Deir el-Balah, central GazaThe Israeli forces started their air attacks and artillery shelling in eastern Khan Younis shortly after throwing their evacuation order leaflets, giving people no opportunity to follow the instructions.The situation was already dire in the area where there is no source of water or electricity. People went back there recently to their destroyed houses after more than three months of Israeli military operation in the area.Palestinians were trying to adapt to the massive destruction, fixing their houses, because there is no place for them to go to.A week earlier, the Israeli forces attacked the al-Mawasi area in the west, so people went to the east, and now are asked to go back to the west even though it is not really a safe zone. The al-Mawasi area was targeted just a week ago.
Israel’s war on Gaza live: Israel kills 17 in new attack on Khan Younis
