Israel’s war on Gaza live: Al-Aqsa Hospital bombed; Middle East on edge
- Israeli forces have bombed tents housing displaced Palestinians in the yard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, killing at least three and wounding 18 others. The attack came hours after a strike on a Gaza City school-turned-shelter killed 17 people.
- France joins the United States and the United Kingdom in urging citizens to leave Lebanon. More than a dozen countries have issued travel advisories amid the threat of regional war.
Italy’s top diplomat asks Italian tourists to leave Lebanon
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has asked Italian tourists not to go to Lebanon and for those already in the country to leave on commercial flights “as soon as possible”.
In a post on X, he said the advisory was issued due to “the worsening situation” in a region that is bracing itself for a response to Israeli assassinations in Tehran and Beirut.
We previously reported that France has also asked its own nationals to leave Lebanon as well as Iran given the danger of a military escalation in the Middle East.
Hamas’s military wing says it fired rockets towards central Israel
In a message on Telegram, the Qassam Brigades said it targeted Gan Yavne and Ashdod “in response to the massacres committed against the Palestinian people and resistance leaders”.
As we’ve reported, the Israeli army said earlier it had detected five launches from southern Gaza, with one rocket falling near Ashkelon.
The attack did not cause any casualties, the army added.
Hezbollah claims two attacks on Israeli military sites near Lebanon border
Hezbollah has claimed a shelling attack on Israel’s Birkat Risha military outpost near the Lebanese border.
The group did not elaborate on the results on the afternoon attack, which came 20 minutes before a rocket attack on another Israeli military site near the Manara kibbutz in northern Israel.
The results of that attack are also not clear. There was no immediate information from the Israeli army.
The cross-border attacks between Israel and Hezbollah have become a daily occurrence since the war erupted in Gaza.
Hezbollah has said it will stop its assaults on Israeli military positions only after a permanent ceasefire is achieved in the Palestinian enclave.
