6:29 p.m
Army: Preparations for a major ground operation
The Israeli army has announced that it is completing preparations for a “significant ground operation” in Gaza. The army also said it was prepared to “extend the offensive” through a “broad range of operational plans” that include attacks from the air, sea and land.
6:17 p.m
Netanyahu to soldiers: “Prepare for what will happen”
“Prepare for what is coming.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this during his visit to the sites of the Hamas massacre near the Gaza Strip.
6:09 p.m
Hamas chief: Gazans will not leave the Gaza Strip
“The people of Gaza are deeply rooted in their territory and will never leave it. We have only one way, which is the right to return to our lands throughout Palestine.” This was said by Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, according to which “there will be no immigration from Gaza to Egypt. I thank Cairo for preventing this. Our decision is to stay in Gaza.”
6:06 p.m
Al-Qaida’s call for jihad: “Muslims mobilize”
Al-Qaeda issued a call for jihad on its Telegram channels, urging Muslims around the world to mobilize to attack Israeli and American targets. The call was reported by US intelligence services in reports to the Allies. According to the findings, the embassies particularly invite Muslims to attack Jewish citizens as well as US military bases, embassies and airports in Muslim countries, from the United Arab Emirates to Morocco, from Saudi Arabia to Bahrain. Other countries offering support to Israel are also mentioned as possible targets.
5:47 p.m
Army: Major attack on Hamas targets in Gaza
The Israeli army is currently carrying out a “large-scale attack” on Hamas terror targets in the Gaza Strip. This was announced by the military spokesman.
4:45 p.m
Netanyahu’s inspection of “massacre sites”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conducted an inspection of kibbutzim Beeri and Kfar Aza in the area of Israel near the Gaza border. “There he walked among the ruins of the houses where the terrible massacre took place.” This was announced in an official statement made after the Prime Minister’s departure from the area. Netanyahu, the statement said, met with the fighters on the ground, including the commander of the parachute brigade. These villages are now deserted as residents have been evacuated to safer locations.
4:12 p.m
Hamas chief at UN: “Israel’s ‘war crimes'”
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who is usually in Qatar, wrote a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres accusing Israel of “war crimes.” The letter, published on the group’s website and picked up by the media, also accuses Israel of preventing the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
2:49 p.m
Surgeon at Shifa Hospital: “Collapse, epidemic danger”
“Shifa Hospital is full of displaced families. People sleep on the floor everywhere, even in hospitals. Overcrowding will lead to an epidemic and the spread of infectious diseases. The doctors took their families to the hospital for safety reasons.” Ghassan Abu Sitta, a reconstructive surgeon at Shifa Hospital in Gaza, writes this in X.
2:42 p.m
Hamas: “Nine hostages killed in Gaza raids in 24 hours”
Hamas’s military wing has reported that nine hostages kidnapped in Israel, including four foreigners, were killed in Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours. Haaretz reports it.
1:45 p.m
Beirut denounces Israel to the United Nations over the murder of a journalist
Lebanon is preparing to file a complaint with the UN Security Council over “Israel’s deliberate killing of Lebanese journalist Issam Abdallah” and other injured journalists, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry said. In a statement carried by the Lebanese government news agency, the Foreign Ministry denounced “a blatant aggression, a crime against freedom of expression, against journalism and human rights” and “attributes responsibility to Israel for the current escalation” in southern Lebanon.
1:17 p.m
Doctors Without Borders, doctors and patients at Al-Awda Hospital have moved
“At the time of writing, Al-Awda Hospital is still standing. After spending part of the night on the streets and bombs falling in the immediate vicinity, we were able to know that some of the medical staff and all the patients were able to move.” So at X Doctors Without Borders.
12:47 p.m
Egypt and the USA have agreed on the withdrawal of Americans from Gaza
Egypt and the United States have agreed to allow Americans and Palestinians with American citizenship in Gaza to leave the country through the Rafah border crossing. This was stated by an Egyptian source cited by the media. According to media, Israel has once again agreed to refrain from taking measures at the border crossing, so that it will remain open until 5 p.m. Qatar, also involved in the negotiations along with Egypt and the United States, according to media, has received the green light from Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
half past twelve
The Pope calls on the Gaza parish: “I am doing everything possible”
Pope Francis called the Gaza community again last night and assured them that he was doing everything he could to prevent further bloodshed. This was reported by the priest of Gaza, Father Gabriel Romanelli (who is in Bethlehem because he was unable to return to Gaza after the outbreak of war), to the TV2000 correspondent in Jerusalem. After several attempts, the Pope managed to speak to the deputy priest in Gaza, Father Youssef, asking how they were doing, inquiring about the many children, Christians and Muslims, who were cared for by Mother Teresa’s nuns, and assured that he was doing everything he could for this situation.
12:17 p.m
Army, Beirut responsible for attacks from Lebanon
“Israel holds the Lebanese government responsible for any attack emanating from its territory on our sovereign territory”: Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee wrote this in Arabic on X after two days of repeated border incidents. “Anyone who tries to cross the border will be killed,” he added.
11:56
Healthcare in Gaza: “2,215 dead from Israeli attacks”
The death toll in Gaza from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has reached 2,215. This was announced by the local Ministry of Health, citing media.
11:52
Army: “Ali Qadi, Hamas chief who led October 7 attack, killed”
The army said it killed Ali Qadi, the company commander of Hamas’s elite Nukheba unit, which carried out “the terrorist attack on Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip last Saturday.” “In 2005,” the army continued, “Qadi was captured for killing and kidnapping Israeli civilians and then released as part of the prisoner exchange for soldier Gilad Shalit.”
11:12
The army accuses Hamas of “obstructing the evacuation from Gaza.”
“Hamas is hindering those from the north of the Gaza Strip who are trying to move south,” he said in a conference with Israeli military spokesman Richard Hecht. He reiterated that for security reasons and also with a view to the next operations on the ground, they must pass “south” of Wadi Gaza, in the middle of the Gaza Strip. Asked if there was a time limit on this, he replied: “We understand that this takes time, we understand that it is complex. But we are determined to fight Hamas.” Israel has provided them with two routes that will be protected between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. local time.
10:11
There were renewed rocket attacks from Gaza on southern Israel
After a pause of about ten hours, rocket attacks from Gaza into southern Israel resumed. The army said this, explaining that Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip are currently under attack. According to the army, Hamas fired over 150 rockets yesterday alone at Ashkelon, a coastal city in the south of the country.
9:00 a.m
Israel offers two safe routes for evacuation from the northern Gaza Strip
The Israeli army has offered Palestinians a new opportunity to leave the northern Gaza Strip and seek shelter behind Wadi Gaza, south of Gaza City. This morning, Israeli military spokesman released a map showing two routes they can take to pass unscathed between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. local time, from Beit Hanun north of Gaza to Khan Yunes in the central area. “If you take care of yourself and your loved ones,” the speaker says, “travel south according to the instructions. Rest assured,” he adds, “that Hamas leaders have already taken care of themselves and are safe from attack.”
08:03
Army foiled terrorist infiltration from Lebanon
The army announced that it had foiled an attempt to infiltrate a terrorist cell from Lebanon into Israeli territory. “A drone – explained the spokesman – hit and killed the terrorists.” The media speaks of four deaths.
09:25
Army, large-scale attacks on Hamas in Gaza
Last night the Israeli army carried out “large-scale” attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. The military spokesman made the announcement, saying that “numerous operatives” of Hamas’ elite “Nukhba” unit had been killed. Among the Hamas leaders also affected was the head of the Gaza air force system, Merad Abu Merad, who was blamed “for leading the terrorists during last Saturday’s massacre.”
07:34
UN, 423,000 Palestinians have left their homes in Gaza
About 423,000 Palestinians left their homes in Gaza even before Israel received the order to leave the northern part of the Gaza Strip. This was announced by the United Nations, Israeli media reported.