Israeli army says Hezbollah commander killed

Video posted by French newspaper La Marseillaise shows demonstrations calling for an end to Israel’s war on Gaza on the streets of the city.

The newspaper’s post says that these protests have been ongoing every weekend since the outbreak of the war in October.

• Fatah denounces Netanyahu’s statement on invading Rafah

  Abdel-Fatah Doleh, a spokesman for the group, has said that Israeli PM Netanyahu’s determination to see the Israeli military invade Rafah shows Israel’s “insistence on continuing the massacres against our people, and disregard for international law and decisions that have called for an immediate ceasefire”.

  Earlier, we reported that the Israeli prime minister indicated during a news conference that he is refusing to give in on invading the southern Gaza city.

  Palestinian entangled in aid bundle parachute by Gaza coast

  This video verified by Al Jazeera shows Palestinians struggling to free a dead body entangled in the parachute of an aid package dropped from the air near Gaza’s coastline.

  This week, at least a dozen Palestinians trying to reach aid packages that had dropped into the sea drowned. The US military confirmed earlier that some of the packages it airdropped over Gaza fell into the sea, but said there were no casualties.

  Several other people have also been killed after packages crushed them when failed parachutes made the boxes fall straight from the sky.

  Israeli opposition leader calls for elections to oust PM Netanyahu

  Yair Lapid, in a post on X, says that holding elections to bring a fresh government to Israel is the only way to break the paralysis gripping the country.

  “The war with Hamas is paralyzed, the hostage deal is paralyzed, the north is paralyzed and above all the government led by you is paralyzed and failing,” Lapid wrote, directing his words at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

  Discontent with Netanyahu, his government, and its failure to bring home Israeli captives held in Gaza has been growing inside Israel as its war on Gaza has dragged on. Thousands of protesters flood the streets of Israeli cities on a regular basis, including today, calling for his replacement as the head of the country.