The Palestinian Authority condemned the attack as a "flagrant violation of international law" and called for immediate international intervention to protect civilians in the occupied territories. Human rights groups have raised these concerns and called for an investigation into the matter.
In Israel, the death toll from the October 7 attack by Hamas is estimated at 1,139, with many still in captivity in the Gaza Strip. The attack marked a major escalation in the conflict and prompted Israel to increase its military presence in the Gaza Strip.
The town of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip has been thrown into chaos by Israeli airstrikes and artillery bombardment. Gaza health officials reported that at least 50 Palestinians were killed and dozens more injured in the attack in the eastern part of the city.
In a recent opinion piece in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, eight prominent professors of epidemiology, haematology and other health sciences call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. Their appeal is in response to the detection of polio in sewage samples collected from the besieged and bombed coastal region.
Hamas' armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, announced today that its fighters successfully hit an Israeli Army bulldozer and tank in Rafah. The group claimed that the attack was carried out by Yasin 105 missiles in the Tal as-Sultan area, on the western edge of Rafah.
The Israeli military started sending compulsory drafts to ultra-Orthodox Jews, breaking a decades-long exemption from compulsory service ruled by the Supreme Court last month. It was one of the largest shifts in the military policy of Israel and has evoked furious opposition and protests in the ultra-Orthodox community.
Hamas called the stabbing in southern Israel's Netiv HaAsara neighbourhood a "natural response" to what it describes as ongoing crimes and actions of Israelis.
The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah announced that it had targeted an Israeli military installation near the settlement of Malkia in northern Israel. According to a statement published on the group's Telegram channel, the attack was carried out by a drone that hit a military bunker, setting it on fire and partially destroying it.
The Gaza government's Media Authority announced today that the number of journalists killed in Gaza has risen to 163 following the death of Haider Ibrahim al-Masdar. Media researcher and media expert Al-Masdar was killed in an Israeli attack.
The Gaza Ministry of Health announced that there are now more than 39,000 people in the Gaza Strip following the Israeli offensive—attacks. According to the ministry's latest Telegram update, a total of 39,006 people have been killed and 89,818 injured in the ongoing conflict.
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