6:08 p.m
Riyadh summit: “The UN Security Council stops Israel”
Arab and Muslim leaders gathered in Riyadh reject any proposal that would separate Gaza from the West Bank. The summit’s final declaration emphasized the importance of “the unity of Gaza and the West Bank as the territory of the Palestinian state” with East Jerusalem as its capital. It also called on the UN Security Council to adopt “a decisive and binding resolution” to end Israeli “aggression” in the Gaza Strip. Failure to do so, it adds, “will encourage Israel to continue its brutal aggression that is killing innocent people and reducing Gaza to rubble.”
5:43 p.m
Riyadh summit against Israel: “It is not self-defense in Gaza”
Arab and Muslim leaders gathering in Riyadh today rejected Israel’s argument of a right to “self-defense” in Gaza and called for an immediate halt to military operations. The summit participants, it says in the final declaration, “refuse to call this war self-defense or to justify it with any pretext.”
5:30 p.m
Gallant, Hezbollah is on the verge of making a serious mistake
By continuing to attack northern Israel, “Hezbollah is on the verge of making a serious mistake,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said during a visit to border troops. “I am here to tell the citizens of Lebanon that I have already seen the citizens of Gaza walking south along the coast with white flags.” “Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon into a war that could break out” , he added. “You’re making a mistake.”
4:00 p.m
NGO: “Two premature babies died in Al-Shifa Hospital”
Two premature babies died under siege and without electricity at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. This was reported by an Israeli non-governmental organization, citing the doctors at the facility.
The two premature babies died due to power outages, Physicians for Human Rights Israel reported, citing doctors at the facility, as fighting raged around the al-Shifa compound. “Due to the lack of electricity, we can report that the neonatal intensive care unit is no longer functioning. Two premature babies have died and there is a real threat to the life of another 37 premature babies,” the group said. Israeli doctors in a statement.
3:53 p.m
First meeting between bin Salman and Raisi at the summit in Riyadh
The first post-reconciliation meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi took place at the Islamic Summit in Riyadh. This was reported by Saudi state media.
2:58 p.m
Nasrallah: “Israel without moral boundaries, war crimes”
“The Israeli offensive against the population of Gaza, including children, women and the elderly, shows that there is no longer any distinction between what is lawful and what is unlawful” and “that the Israeli enemy is capable of retaliating without moral boundaries.” of a legal or humanitarian nature”. Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah said this in his second public speech since the start of the war in the Middle East, which was broadcast live on television. “All these war crimes and this cruelty against Gaza, an enclave under siege day and night… there are no borders anymore,” he added. “The enemy has shown his true nature.”
12:49 p.m
Israel: “Hamas has turned hospitals into fortresses”
Several hospitals in Gaza “need to be evacuated so that the army can face Hamas, which has turned them into fortified positions.” An Israeli military spokesman said this in an interview with the foreign press. “For weeks we have been trying to evacuate the hospitals, which have become very dangerous places.” The spokesman cited Rantisi Hospital as an example and explained that the army resorted to “phone calls and leaflets” for three days before the evacuation to persuade the civilian population to leave the hospital.
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12.04
Borrell: “Israel cannot occupy Gaza after the war”
“Hamas cannot return to Gaza. Gaza cannot be occupied by Israel and at the same time the solution “for the Strip” cannot be separated from that for the occupied territories. Yes to a Palestinian Authority in Gaza.” EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell said this in his speech at the European Socialist Congress, stressing the need for “greater involvement of the moderate Arab countries and the EU.” “We must contribute to building a Palestinian state and rebuilding Gaza,” he added.
12:03 p.m
On average, 39 newborns risk death in Al-Shifa Hospital
At least 39 newborns are risking death at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after power outages and a lack of oxygen, Portal reports, citing Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila.
12:03 p.m
Attack in Lebanon 40 km from the border on a Hezbollah site
This morning, an Israeli army drone hit a Hezbollah site 40 kilometers from the Jewish state’s border in Lebanese territory, south of Sidon, from which surface-to-air missiles had been fired. According to military radio, it is the worst attack in Lebanon since October 7 in response to missile and drone launches from the Cedar Country.
11:16 a.m
Israel: “Hamas commander killed, hiding in a school”
During a raid, the Israeli army killed Ahmed Siam, company commander of Hamas’s “Naser Radwan Company,” following information from intelligence services and troops on the ground. The military spokesman made this known, recalling that two days ago it was announced that Siam was holding around 1,000 Gazans hostage in Rantisi Hospital and was preventing them from evacuating to the south. Siam – he specified – was killed while hiding in the Al Buraq school with “other terrorists” and this shows “once again that Hamas uses civilians as human shields for terrorist purposes.”
A Hamas commander who was holding a thousand Palestinians at Rantisi Hospital in Gaza has been killed
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10:29 a.m
Israel, 7-hour humanitarian corridor to the southern Gaza Strip
Since this morning at 9 a.m. (local time), the Israeli army has once again opened a humanitarian corridor along the Salah ad Din road to allow the population of the northern Gaza Strip to migrate to the south. This was announced by spokesman Avichai Adraee, who published the information about X in Arabic. The corridor will remain open for seven hours until 4 p.m. (local time). In addition, there will be a “tactical cessation of military operations” in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north by 2 p.m. today in order to enable the population to travel south to Gaza.
10:23 a.m
Al-Shifa Hospital “without electricity, internet, water, medicine”
Al-Shifa Hospital, the main one in Gaza, remained without electricity, internet, water and medical care. This was stated by its director, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, according to Haaretz reports. “What I can say,” he added, “is that we have started losing the lives of patients.” “Every minute someone dies: sick, injured and even babies in incubators.” It was previously reported that the Israeli Army was stationed in the immediate vicinity.
08:50
Communication with al-Shifa Hospital was interrupted
Communication with al-Shifa Hospital, the main hospital in Gaza, was disrupted. Haaretz reports that the Israeli army besieged two other hospitals, Rantisi and Nasser, during the night. Israel has reiterated several times that Hamas is using al-Shifa Hospital as a “shield” to hide the entrance to a network of military tunnels from which the organization’s leader, Yihya Sinwar, allegedly operates.
Fighting breaks out around Shifa Hospital in Gaza City
08:12
Israel: “It has captured 11 Hamas strongholds in Gaza since the war began”
Since the start of the war, the Israeli army has taken control of eleven Hamas strongholds in the Gaza Strip. The military spokesman made the announcement, adding that Nahal Brigade forces located and destroyed Hamas attack tunnels near a school during the night. The soldiers – he continued – destroyed targets of the Hamas naval squadron and also a cell that wanted to attack the troops.
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08:06
Israel: “The explosion in Shifa Hospital by a Palestinian rocket”
The Israeli army reiterated that it did not fire in yesterday’s fighting around Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and blamed the incident on a failed rocket launch by Palestinian groups. This was announced by the military spokesman quoted by the media. Instead, Hamas blamed Israel for the bombing of the facility and the resulting casualties.