Israel’s war on Gaza live: At least 66 killed across Gaza in past 24 hours
- Gaza’s Health Ministry has confirmed 66 dead and 241 injured across Gaza in the past 24 hours. The latest death toll seems to include 36 people killed and 120 injured in a school used as a field hospital and a shelter in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza.
- Israel’s military has bombed villages and towns in south and east Lebanon after accusing Hezbollah of firing a rocket that killed 12 young people from the Druze community in the town of Majdal Shams in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Lebanese group denied any responsibility for the rocket attack.
‘Every minute we are worried’: Israeli-occupied Golan Heights resident
Throngs of Druze men and women, some dressed in black, have arrived for the funeral of several of the 12 youths killed in a rocket attack on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights yesterday.
Several women dressed in black abayas cried as they laid flowers on the caskets, according to AFP.
Many held pink flowers, while hundreds of men dressed in traditional Druze attire, including white caps topped with red, arrived for the ceremonies, the agency reported.
“Every night, every day, every minute we are worried. It’s been like this for 10 months,” Laith, a 42-year-old nurse who gave only his first name, said.
“Everybody you see here is worried all the time,” he told AFP. “We are so very sad. We lost children, children playing football.”
Germany condemns Golan Heights rocket attack, calls for ‘cool heads’
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has condemned what she said was the “deplorable” rocket strike on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, which killed 12 children.
“The perfidious attacks must stop immediately. It is important to act with cool heads. Far too many people have died already in this conflict,” Baerbock wrote on X in reference to the Gaza war, which risks spreading to Lebanon where Hezbollah is based.
Hezbollah has denied responsibility for the attack, the single deadliest strike since the armed group began hitting Israel last October in response to the war on Gaza.
Wounded patients dying at Al-Aqsa Hospital due to lack of medication
Doctors are watching the wounded people die on the floor of the emergency department at Al-Aqsa Hospital of Deir el-Balah.
There is a lack of medicine and medical supplies, leaving the doctors with no capacity to intervene and save lives.
This is the result of yesterday’s attacks on the school in western Deir-el Balah. A field hospital was set up inside the school, in coordination with the ICRC [Red Cross], used before transferring patients and injuries from Al-Aqsa Hospital. It worked as a supporting facility to reduce the pressure on the hospital. It came under attack yesterday.
About 120 critically injured people arrived at Al-Aqsa Hospital from there. At least 36 people were pronounced dead; this number is confirmed by the Health Ministry and management of the hospital. At least 15 children are among those killed.
Some arrived in pieces in plastic bags, they arrived shredded because of the intensity of the bombs and shrapnel.
Israeli forces arrest at least 6 in occupied West Bank overnight
The arrests have been carried out mainly in Ramallah and Jenin, according to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
Among those arrested were two children and former prisoners, the organisations said.
Since the war began, Israeli forces have detained more than 9,845 Palestinians, the statement added.
Child dies from injuries in Khan Younis as Israeli bombings continue
A child has died of injuries sustained in an Israeli bombing of his family’s home a few days ago in Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, our colleagues on the ground report.
East of Khan Younis, Israeli forces bombed the town of Bani Suheila and the Sheikh Nasser neighbourhood, an Al Jazeera correspondent reported.
Palestinian media have also reported the following this morning in and near Khan Younis:
- Israeli forces opened fire at homes in al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Younis.
- They destroyed Umm Habiba Mosque in Qizan an-Najjar, south of Khan Younis.
- Residents retrieved many bodies from Bani Suheila.
- Israeli artillery bombed eastern Khan Younis and northern Rafah.
In central Gaza, Israeli forces launched a raid on the Bureij refugee camp, Palestinian media reported.
Hezbollah will pay price for Majdal Shams attack: Gallant
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says his country mourns for “the innocent boys and girls killed” in the Golan Heights, referring to a rocket that reportedly killed 12 people a day earlier in the Syrian region occupied by Israel.
Israel said it would strike hard against Hezbollah after accusing the Lebanese group of killing children and teenagers in the attack that hit a football field in the Druze village of Majdal Shams.
“There are 150,000 Druze in Israel, as well as millions of Jews and Arab Israelis. We live side by side and all suffer from Hezbollah’s terror. We will ensure Hezbollah, the proxy of Iran, pays a price for this loss,” Gallant said on X.
His comments came despite Hezbollah denying any responsibility for the strike.
Israel says Hezbollah ‘crossed all red lines’
Hezbollah has “crossed all red lines” in Majdal Shams, the Israeli Foreign Ministry says, despite the Iran-backed armed group’s denial of its involvement in the attack that killed at least 12 youths in the Druze town in the occupied Golan Heights.
“Saturday’s massacre constitutes the crossing of all red lines by Hezbollah,” the ministry said in a statement. “This is not an army fighting another army, rather it is a terrorist organisation deliberately shooting at civilians.”
Iran warns Israel against ‘new adventure’ in Lebanon
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani says in a statement that “any ignorant action of the Zionist regime can lead to the broadening of the scope of instability, insecurity and war in the region”.
Kanaani warned that Israel would be held responsible for “the unforeseen consequences and reactions to such stupid behaviour”.
As we’ve reported earlier, Israeli authorities blamed Hezbollah for the rocket attack that hit a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killing 12 people and pledged to inflict a heavy response.
