Dozens escape Nasser Hospital ‘battle zone’

The ministry’s rehabilitation centre says it has dealt with more than 5,500 soldiers since October 7.

It expects 20,000 more in the coming year, including 16,000 soldiers with injuries sustained in the war on Gaza.

The centre also says it currently helping about 62,000 soldiers, many of whom are physically injured, but also who are suffering from PTSD. It did not provide exact numbers for the latter.

• Hezbollah member killed in Lebanon’s Adashit after Israeli air raid: Group

  Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group has said in a statement that one of its members, Hassan Ali Najm “Jihad”, was killed in the southern town of Adashit.

  The 26-year-old was from the town of Taybeh, the group said.

  We earlier reported that two Israeli raids killed four people in southern Lebanon, including a mother and her two children in the town of Souaneh and one more person in Adashit.

  PRCS reports intense shelling near al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis

  Intense shelling is taking place in the vicinity of al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on X.

  The attacks resulted in material damage to the building, it added.

  Activist expresses defiance after Israel demolishes his home in occupied East Jerusalem

  Fakhri Abu Diab has told Al Jazeera that the demolition of his family home by Israel in the neighbourhood of Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, will not end the efforts to protect his ancestral land.

  “If they demolish our homes, they will not destroy our resolve, and we will remain steadfast in our land,” Abu Diab said.

  We reported earlier that the family was forcefully evicted from the home they had been living in for 38 years.

  The Israeli-run municipality refused to issue a permit for him to build or expand, as is the unwritten rule against Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem.

  “Its proximity to the Al-Aqsa mosque made this house a target but the idea is to forcibly displace all Palestinians,” he said. “In Gaza, they are trying to expel Palestinians. And on this end, Jerusalem is in the eye of the storm, while Israeli authorities want to rid it of Palestinians and to change the makeup of the population.”

  More on clashes in occupied West Bank town of Beit Ummar

  Three people are in critical condition after clashes break out in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.

  According to the Palestinian Authority’s health ministry, at least 13 Palestinians were injured in the clashes.

  The Israeli military opened fire using live rounds and rubber-coated metal bullets.

  WATCH: Dozens forced to evacuate from besieged Nasser Hospital

  Dozens of Palestinians have been filmed leaving Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after Israeli forces ordered the evacuation of everyone in the complex.

  Witnesses say Israeli snipers had been firing on anyone who moved in the area and several people have been killed near the hospital.

  • At least 15 Israeli soldiers injured in Gaza battles in past 24 hours

    The Israeli Army Radio has announced that the Rehabilitation Department is preparing to receive 20,000 wounded this year after receiving 5,500 last year.