“We welcome the rescue of the four hostages who, after eight months of captivity, were finally reunited with their families in Israel. The United States will not rest until all hostages have returned home.” This was stated in a statement by the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken.
06:24
Wafa, three dead in night attacks on Gaza
At least three people have been killed in an overnight Israeli attack on a residential apartment in the Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City. There are also several injured. This was reported – as reported by Al Jazeera – by the Wafa news agency. Artillery shelling was also reported in the Zaitoun and Sabra neighborhoods of Gaza City, in the north of the territory. Furthermore, Israeli warplanes attacked the Shaboura area, north of the city of Rafah, during the night, and one person was injured in the Bureij refugee camp, in the central part of the Gaza Strip. A house in the al-Dawa area, north of the Nuseirat camp, was also hit.
03:55
MSF, “many serious patients arrived in Gaza hospitals”
Doctors Without Borders medical staff are helping to treat “a huge number of seriously injured patients” at Al-Aqsa and Nasser hospitals in central Gaza. This is what the humanitarian organization declares – as reported by Al Jazeera. “In an hour we received around 50 seriously injured patients,” said Chris Hook, MSF medical contact at Nasser hospital, adding: “There are people with multiple open fractures. We have several unconscious children. The treatment unit intensive care unit is full and more patients are arriving.”
01:45
US resumes delivery of aid to Gaza from the pier
The United States has resumed the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza from the temporary dock that was damaged by a storm. The American Central Command reports this in a post on
01:29
Cargo ship hit by missile in the Gulf of Aden
An Antigua and Barbuda-flagged merchant ship has caught fire after being hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen, where attacks by Houthi rebels are increasing. The British maritime safety company Ambrey reported this: “The ship was heading southwest along the Gulf of Aden at a speed of 8.2 knots when the bow station was hit by a missile. A fire broke out but it was neutralized.
No injuries were reported,” it said in a statement.
01:16
Lebanon: Israeli air attack in the south, two dead
Israeli attacks on Saturday in southern Lebanon left two people dead. State media reported this, while the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah announced the death of a fighter. Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported that “an Israeli drone carried out an airstrike with two guided missiles, targeting a bar in Aitarun and killing the bar owner, Ali Khalil Hamad, 37, and a young man named Mustafa A. Issa.” The agency also reported a “violent airstrike” on the border village of Khiam. The Israeli army, however, declared that “one of its planes hit a Hezbollah terrorist in the Aitarun region and terrorist infrastructure in the Khiam and Markaba regions”.
