- Hamas says Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to US Congress “full of lies”, shows he is not serious about a ceasefire, Reuters reports. Thousands protested against Netanyahu in Washington, DC, demanding his arrest.
- Israel has killed 129 Palestinians in Khan Younis since launching its new offensive on Monday. Up to 150,000 Palestinians forced to flee in just 24 hours. Israeli forces targeting “everything that moves” on Khan Younis’s Salah al-Din Street, authorities say.
- An infant rescued from the rubble after Israel bombed a residential building in Gaza City. Al Jazeera correspondent says Palestinians “feel trapped” as no place is safe for them.
- At least 39,145 people have been killed and 90,257 injured in Israel’s war on Gaza. The death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is estimated at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive in Gaza.
- Israeli military ‘surrounding’ Palestinian villages in West Bank after shootingThe Israeli military has confirmed that three soldiers were wounded in the drive-by shooting attack near an-Nabi Elyas in the occupied West Bank that we reported on earlier, saying none of them were badly hurt.It says the soldiers were patrolling the area, adding that Israeli forces are now increasing their presence in the area and “surrounding” adjacent Palestinian villages in an attempt to find the perpetrators.
- Hundreds of wounded Palestinians arrive at field hospitals daily: ICRCThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says its colleagues in the Gaza Strip are trying to protect their families while also providing medical aid in a “catastrophic situation”.Mousa Krezem, a member of the organisation in the besieged enclave, said he has been displaced four times in Rafah in the south, where the Israeli military is advancing with a deadly ground invasion.“I am currently living in a tent,” he said.The Red Cross field hospital in Rafah, which has 60 beds, is continuing to provide medical care to around 200 people daily, the ICRC said.
- Herzog in Italy for talksIsraeli President Isaac Herzog has arrived in Rome to meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, according to the Israeli media.Herzog, who was previously in France, is scheduled to return to Paris to attend the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics tomorrow evening.
- Released prisoners in Gaza show signs of tortureThe Israeli military has released a group of at least eight Palestinian prisoners in central Gaza, with some showing signs of severe torture.The group, which included two women, arrived at the al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah in the morning after being released from Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank.“The prisoners who were released are completely exhausted. One of the females was unable to walk and was carried inside the emergency department with a stretcher,” said Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, reporting from Deir el-Balah.Khoudary said the prisoners were not arrested at the same time. One of the male prisoners was arrested in Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing, as he was a truck driver for humanitarian aid. One of the women said she was arrested when she went to the occupied West Bank with her child for treatment.“They all said they were tortured, they all said that they were threatened. They all said that they were deprived from medicine and clothes. They were asked about Hamas members and Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip.”
- Israel arrests 22 Palestinians in overnight raids in West Bank: Rights groupsIsraeli forces have arrested at least 22 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank overnight, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.The two organisations said those arrested included journalists and former prisoners as well as a child.The detentions took place in Ramallah, Hebron, Tulkarem and the occupied East Jerusalem.Since October 7, Israeli forces have arrested more than 9,800 Palestinians, they said
- Israeli captives’ families decry ‘crisis of trust’ with governmentThe families of those still held in the Gaza Strip are demanding an urgent meeting with the Israeli negotiating team that is expected to depart for Cairo for more talks soon.They said in a statement that the prime minister has not responded to their inquiries about a ceasefire-and-exchange deal for two weeks.“This foot-dragging is a deliberate sabotage of the chance to bring our loved ones back. It effectively undermines the negotiations and indicates a serious moral failure,” they said about the delay in sending negotiators for advanced talks.
Israel war on Gaza live: Palestinians ‘feel trapped’ amid continued strikes
