Hundreds of injured people and foreigners from Gaza are expected in Egypt
Egypt’s Health Minister is at the Rafah border crossing today to greet hundreds of injured people being treated in Turkey, the Emirates and Egyptian hospitals, including several premature babies, most of whom have already crossed the border. According to the government press office, 280 foreigners or people with dual nationality who were stranded in the Gaza Strip have now entered Egypt since this morning. Fifty aid trucks, including a field hospital provided by Jordan, and two fuel trucks also entered the Gaza Strip.
The first field hospital has arrived in Gaza
The first field hospital since the start of the war arrived in Gaza today. Palestinian officials announced this.
28 premature babies came to Egypt from Gaza
28 premature babies from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza have arrived at the Rafah border crossing. This was reported by the Egyptian state broadcaster al-Qahera. Meanwhile, two fuel tankers entered Gaza, bringing the total to nine.
Forty aid trucks are ready to enter the Gaza Strip from Rafah
Forty trucks carrying humanitarian aid are ready to enter the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing. Hareetz reports it.
Iran: “If Israel is not stopped, the region will change”
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said that the situation in the region will change if Israel’s attacks are not stopped. “We have witnessed the first phase of the expansion of the scope of war by resistance groups making their own decisions, and if possible scenarios to end the crimes of the Zionists do not come to fruition, we are likely to witness a new situation in the region,” said Amirabdollahian, as the government of Tehran reported.
Hezbollah and Israeli military bases are being attacked from southern Lebanon
Hezbollah claimed responsibility this morning for the attack on two Israeli military bases along the demarcation line between the two countries. This was reported by Manar TV of the same pro-Iranian Party of God. According to Hezbollah, Lebanese fighters targeted the communications interception base in Biranit, near Rosh Ha-Nikrah, and the Tzurit outpost, near Yi’ron.
Heavy Israeli bombing in southern Lebanon
Israeli artillery and air force repeatedly bombed locations in southern Lebanon near the front line between Hezbollah and Israel this morning. This was reported by the Lebanese government authority and other local media.
New attacks were launched from southern Lebanon on Israeli locations in the upper Galilee. According to the military spokesman, Arab el-Aramshe, Bar’am and Biranit were attacked, where a fire also broke out. There is no news of victims. The Israeli artillery – according to the spokesman – had in turn hit targets in the south of Lebanon.
Palestinian killed in Hebron by “shooting at suspicious car.”
A Palestinian from el-Arub (near Hebron, West Bank) was shot dead when Israeli police opened fire on a car deemed “suspicious” that was fleeing. This was reported by the Maan news agency.
Tensions remain high in Hebron after Hamas carried out two attacks on police checkpoints in the last week. Meanwhile, Israeli public broadcaster Kan reports that some Israeli cars were ambushed by armed Palestinian militiamen in the north of the West Bank last night. Two of them were hit, but the passengers were uninjured.
Israel, 2 more soldiers dead, total 65
The army announced the deaths of two more soldiers fighting in northern Gaza. With the latter two killed, the total number of deaths since ground operations began is 65.
Israel, 3 Hamas company commanders killed
According to intelligence, Israeli aircraft killed three Hamas company commanders in northern Gaza. This was announced by the military spokesman.
Hamas, 12 dead in attacks on Indonesian hospital
Israeli strikes on the Indonesian hospital north of Gaza City killed at least “twelve patients and their relatives” and injured “dozens,” said Ashraf al-Qidreh, spokesman for Hamas’ health ministry. “The Israeli army is besieging the Indonesian hospital and we fear that the same thing will happen there as in al Shifa,” another recently evacuated hospital, Qidreh added.
Gaza: Average of 8 dead in raid on Indonesian hospital
Palestinian media reports that at least eight people were killed at an Indonesian hospital in the northern Gaza Strip after Israeli forces reportedly shelled and surrounded the medical facility. The victims included patients and those seeking protection. According to local news reports, the hospital has lost power and Israeli forces are shooting anyone who tries to leave the facility.
Gaza: Israel, soldier death toll since war began rises to 64
The number of soldiers killed in the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip has risen to 64, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Gaza: Macron announces new flight with 10 tons of aid
French President Emmanuel Macron said last night he wanted to use “another air force plane to transport more than 10 tons of medical supplies” to Gaza. In a post on his X account, Macron recalled that flights carrying more than 100 tons of humanitarian aid have already been delivered to Egypt, which borders the Gaza Strip.
The new flight “will include two mobile medical units, each of which will treat around 500 seriously injured people,” the French president wrote on the social network. Macron added that an “amphibious helicopter carrier” would arrive in Egypt “in the next few days” and would have “40 beds” to treat “serious injuries” and “facilitate the transfer of injured civilians to nearby hospitals if necessary.”
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