- Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has told the US National Security Adviser that his country plans to broaden ground operation in Rafah as Israeli assault continues across Gaza: from Rafah in the south to the Jabalia refugee camp in the north.
- Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, reported that the besieged al-Awda Hospital close to Jabalia has completely run out of drinking water.
- Earlier on Sunday, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi called for an international probe into “war crimes” committed during Israel’s war on Gaza, as Israeli attacks killed 31 people in Nuseirat refugee camp.
- Martin Griffiths, the United Nations’s humanitarian chief, has warned of “apocalyptic” consequences of aid shortages in Gaza as key Rafah and Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossings remain “effectively blocked”.
- At least 35,456 people have been killed and 79,476 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s attack is 1,139, with dozens still held captive.
- Hostile aircraft sirens heard in northern IsraelAerial infiltration sirens have sounded in several Jewish settlements along Israel’s border with Lebanon, according to local authorities quoted by the local media.The Israeli army said earlier that it hit targets belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah group in Lebanon.
- Hezbollah mourns ‘protector’ Raisi after death of Iranian leaderLebanon’s Hezbollah group has said it mourns the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials in a helicopter crash, praising him as a “protector” of allied groups in the region.“Hezbollah in Lebanon extends its deepest condolences,” the group said in a statement, adding that they knew Raisi “closely for a long time” and that he was “a strong supporter, and a staunch defender of our causes… and a protector of the resistance movements”.
- Israeli attacks continue across GazaIsraeli air strikes and artillery shellings have struck across Gaza Strip, with at least three people killed and several injured after a residential apartment in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood near Rafah in the south of the enclave was targeted, according to sources on the ground.Northern Gaza has also witnessed heavy bombardment, with reports of artillery attacks near the al-Zaytoun neighbourhood of Gaza City. Several people have been killed and wounded after a house was bombed in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood north of the Gaza City, sources told Al Jazeera.Israeli warplanes have carried out an intense bombardment in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, including the al-Qasaib neighbourhood.
- Israel’s Gallant says Israel will expand operation in RafahIsraeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has told White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan that his country is committed to expanding its operation in Rafah in southern Gaza.“We are committed to broadening the ground operation in Rafah to the end of dismantling Hamas and recovering the hostages,” a statement from Gallant’s office quoted him as saying during the meeting.Gallant also said that Israel made adjustments to its evacuation operations in Rafah.UN refugee agency for Palestinians estimates that more than 800,000 people have been displaced from Rafah to other regions of the enclave since Israel started its operations in the city more than two weeks ago.
- Israeli forces detain 26 Palestinians in occupied West Bank: ReportThe detainees included former prisoners and the Israeli operations concentrated on Hebron, according to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.The detentions also took place in Ramallah on Saturday and Sunday.This brings the number of Palestinians detained by Israeli forces since October 7 to 8,800, according to the organisations’ statement.
- UNRWA estimates more than 810,000 people fled Rafah in two weeksThe UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said it estimates more than 810,000 people fled Rafah in the past two weeks as the exodus continues.It said on X: “Every time families are displaced, their lives are at serious risk. People are forced to leave everything behind looking for safety. But there’s no safe zone.”
- Hamas expresses ‘full solidarity’ with Iran after Raisi’s deathHamas, earlier in the morning, expressed its condolences for Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash, mourning in a statement an “honourable supporter” of the Palestinian group.It said it appreciated Raisi’s “
Israel’s war on Gaza live: Gallant says Rafah operation to be broadened
