- More than 900,000 Palestinians displaced by fighting in just two weeks and now lacking shelter, food, water and medicine.
- Al-Aqsa Hospital medical director said there is no fuel to power generators, and without electricity “all the patients will be condemned to death”.
- Israeli tanks and troops advance in Rafah’s southeast, edging towards the city’s densely populated western district.
- The last two functioning hospitals in northern Gaza’s Jabalia region remain under a days-long siege as Israel’s army targets the critical health facilities with artillery and small-arms fire.
- At least 35,800 people killed and 80,011 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack is 1,139, with dozens still held captive.
- Israeli drone attack targets car in southern LebanonWe’re getting reports that an Israeli drone has targeted a car in the Hanouiyeh area of southern Lebanon.We will bring you more on this as soon as we can.Yesterday, an Israeli drone strike killed a Hezbollah member in southern Lebanon and wounded three Lebanese schoolchildren who are on a minibus behind the car that was targeted.Click here to share on social media
- ‘There’s nothing left for us’Rafah, once the heart of Gaza, has now been largely deserted, says Raed Abed, a displaced Palestinians who came back to the city in hopes of finding drinking water.“I was shocked when I arrived in Rafah. I found no one. I didn’t even find cats or dogs,” Abed told Al Jazeera. “There’s no market or shops. Every single thing is closed. You can’t even buy a bottle of water to drink.”He added: “Rafah used to be the best place in Gaza. It’s where everyone and everything coming into the strip used to gather, but now it’s just too much suffering.“There is nothing left for us. It’s ongoing suffering that doesn’t stop.”
- Qassam Brigades say it struck Israeli tanksQassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has said its fighters targeted three Merkava 4 tanks that belonged to Israel in two separate encounters in Jabalia in northern Gaza.According to a statement on Telegram, two tanks were attacked by ‘al-Yassin 105’ rockets on al-Ajarma Street in Jabalia Camp.The group said its fighter also detonated another tank with a ‘Shawaz’ device in the al-Qasaib neighborhood of the camp.
- US spy chief to travel to Paris for Gaza ceasefire talks: ReportUS CIA chief Wiliam Burns is due in Paris today or tomorrow for talks with Israeli representatives about reviving Gaza ceasefire talks, reports AFP, quoting a Western source close to the issue.US news site Axios, quoting three US and Israeli officials, also reported that Burns was expected in Europe “in the coming days” for renewed ceasefire talks.Burns’s expected trip comes after the last round of mediated ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas stalled two weeks ago in Cairo, with Israel ruling out a permanent end to the war and launching military operations in Rafah.
- In case you’re just joining usHere is a quick recap of the latest developments in Israel’s war on Gaza:
- The Israeli military says the bodies of three captives were recovered during an overnight mission in Jabalia in northern Gaza.
- Governments of 27 countries publish a statement criticising the shutdown of Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel.
- The generators at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza have gone out, and the hospital is dealing with power outages, a spokesman tells Al Jazeera.
- The UN Security Council is scheduled to vote on a resolution condemning attacks on humanitarian workers and UN personnel.
- Israel has decided to deny Palestinians access to services at the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem after Spain, Ireland and Norway said they would recognise a Palestinian state.
- The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said recognising a Palestinian state was “not a gift to Hamas”.
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