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Hezbollah attack kills 4 Israeli soldiers; Israel hits Gaza hospital
Scene of the deadly Israeli attack in Deir el-Balah
An Israeli air strike on the grounds of al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza caused a huge fire that killed at least four Palestinians and injured dozens.
The attack hit tents in the building’s courtyard where many war-displaced Palestinians sheltered. Children, women, and the elderly are among the burn victims.
Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud in Deir el-Balah reports from the site of the strike:
- At least four Palestinians are killed and dozens injured after Israeli fighter jets bombed a tent encampment housing displaced Palestinians on the grounds of al-Aqsa Hospital in central Deir el-Balah.
- The death toll is expected to rise as the ill-equipped and overwhelmed hospital staff try to treat badly burned victims – including women, children and the elderly.
- Twenty-two people are killed and 80 wounded after Israeli tanks shelled a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Nuseirat, also in central Gaza.
- The Israeli military says four soldiers were killed and dozens injured in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in Binyamina, in northern Israel.
Attacks on UNIFIL by Israel ‘unacceptable’: Spanish FM
Attacks by Israel on the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) are “unacceptable” and contrary to international rules, Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares says.
“It is contrary to what we expect from any member state of the United Nations, which is ultimately an organisation that protects world peace,” Albares told reporters.
EU countries, led by Italy, France and Spain, have thousands of soldiers in the 10,000-strong peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, which has been subjected to a number of attacks by Israeli forces in recent days.
Israel has told UN chief Antonio Guterres to immediately move the peacekeepers out of the combat zone. The Spanish foreign minister said only the UN can order the withdrawal of UNIFIL.
- 8:55 GMT)
10 killed, at least 30 injured at food distribution centre in Jabalia
Palestinian medics report 10 people were killed and at least 30 wounded in Israeli air attacks on a food distribution centre in the besieged Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
Casualties included women and children.
We will bring you more details as we receive them.
Palestinian boys react after Israeli air attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp killed their relative [Omar al-Qattaa/AFP] - 51m ago(08:49 GMT)
At least 62 Palestinians killed in Gaza over the past day
Israeli attacks across the enclave also wounded 220 people, according to a statement by Gaza’s Health Ministry.
At least 42,289 Palestinians have been killed and 98,684 injured in Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, it added.
The death toll from Israel’s yearlong war on Gaza is likely far higher with thousands of bodies buried in the rubble of the vast destruction throughout the Palestinian territory.
- 56m ago(08:45 GMT)
Israeli drones wound 13 Palestinians in Jabalia camp
The civil defence agency says the attack was carried out by Israeli “quadcopters” around al-Fouqa School, which houses displaced people, in the refugee camp in northern Gaza.
A statement on Telegram said rescuers transferred the wounded to the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya.
Israel has carried out a large-scale military incursion in northern Gaza for the past 10 days, mainly against the Jabalia refugee camp.
- 1h ago(08:35 GMT)
UN peacekeepers remain at base after Israeli attack in south Lebanon
This Israeli attack on the UNIFIL base is extremely serious. They used a tank to burst down a gate and then launched bombs that were chemical in nature – as the injuries to the peacekeepers suggest.
They were taken for treatment. This is a very serious escalation.
Prime Minister Netanyahu has doubled down, saying the UN peacekeepers have to leave. We don’t know if they’ll leave or not. But right now they remain in their base.
Getting rid of an observer force would make the international community blind to what’s happening. This is very concerning for the Lebanese army and the United Nations.
- 1h ago(08:33 GMT)
Warning sirens sound in central Israel after fire from Lebanon
Hostile aircraft warning sirens have been heard in central Israel after a number of projectiles were fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory.
The Israeli military said in a statement sirens sounded in the city of Netanya and the surrounding settlements.
- 1h ago(08:25 GMT)
Gaza ministry slams Israel’s attack on Al-Aqsa Hospital
Gaza’s Health Ministry condemned the “direct targeting” of the hospital in Deir el-Balah in an attack that killed four people and injured dozens.
The Israeli attack “caused a large fire in the tents of the displaced and the hospital facilities”, a statement said. There are serious cases among the wounded, most of whom are displaced children and women, it added.
“We reiterate our appeal to the international and UN institutions as well as the concerned parties to intervene urgently to protect hospitals and health workers from the brutality and crimes of the [Israeli] occupation.”
- 1h ago(08:15 GMT)
Bombed school to have been used as polio vaccination site: UNWRA
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says an Israeli attack on one of its schools sheltering displaced families in central Gaza’s Nuseirat was to be used as a polio vaccination site.
Gaza’s Government Media Office said 22 were killed and 80 wounded in the Nuseirat attack.
The UN agency also condemned Israel’s overnight attack on Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Deir el-Balah that inflicted dozens of casualties when a major fire erupted in a tent encampment.
- 1h ago(08:10 GMT)
Ten rockets launched from Lebanon on Haifa: Israeli army
The military says most of the projectiles launched towards the coastal city in northern Israel were intercepted. One dropped in an open area, an army statement said, adding there were no reports of casualties.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed the attack in a statement on its Telegram channel. Hezbollah has intensified its cross-border attacks after the Israeli army’s ground incursion into southern Lebanon.
Four soldiers were killed and 58 injured in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in northern Israel on Sunday.
- 1h ago(08:05 GMT)
Hezbollah’s deadly drone attack is ‘painful’, Israeli army chief says
Herzi Halevi says the Hezbollah attack on a training base that killed at least four soldiers and injured 58 was “difficult and painful”.
“We are at war and an attack on a training base on the home front is difficult and the results are painful,” he told soldiers during a visit to the Golani Brigade base that was hit.
It is located in the Binyamina area, south of the port city of Haifa, on the Mediterranean coast. Hezbollah said a “swarm of drones” was used to target the facility, in response to Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon.
An ambulance arrives at the scene of the deadly drone attack [Oren Ziv/AFP] - 1h ago(07:55 GMT)
‘So many charred bodies all over the place’
Palestinians in Gaza are waking up to the aftermath of the Israeli attack on Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, which killed at least four people and injured dozens as fire swept through tents where displaced people were sheltering.
“What happened was that we woke up to smoke, flames, fire and burning pieces falling on the tents from every direction. The explosions terrified us in our tents and outside where we live behind Al-Aqsa Hospital,” Om Ahmad Radi, a survivor at the scene, told Al Jazeera.
“The fire trucks couldn’t get here. There were so many burned and charred bodies all over the place. The amount of fire and explosions was enormous. We witnessed one of the most horrible and brutal nights.”
People attempt to extinguish a fire at the scene of an Israeli attack on tents sheltering displaced people in central Gaza [File: Ramadan Abed/Reuters] - 1h ago(07:45 GMT)
EU alarmed by Israeli attacks on UN mission in Lebanon
The European Union has condemned Israeli attacks on UN peacekeepers stationed in southern Lebanon.
It expressed “particularly grave concern regarding the attacks” by the Israeli military against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which wounded several peacekeepers.
“Such attacks against UN peacekeepers constitute a grave violation of international law and are totally unacceptable,” a statement said.
“We urgently await explanations and a thorough investigation from the Israeli authorities about the attacks against UNIFIL, which plays a fundamental role in the stability of south Lebanon.”
The EU also expressed concern for Hezbollah’s “continued launch of rockets into Israel” and Israeli raids on densely populated areas of Lebanon, “causing a heavy toll on civilians and the displacement of many”.
UNIFIL says Israeli military forced entry at base in southern Lebanon - 2h ago(07:37 GMT)
Many Al-Aqsa Hospital victims are children and women: Doctor
Dr Fahd al-Haddad, the head of the emergency department at Al-Aqsa Hospital, says many of the victims of the Israeli attack are children and women with third-degree burns.
Many patients are being treated on the floor of the hospital as it has run out of space for medical care, he said.
“This is the seventh time there’s been an attack inside Al-Aqsa Hospital. We received about 50 injured people inside the emergency department. We need a burn unit, which is not available inside the hospital. But we’re trying our best to give them what we can to save their lives,” al-Haddad told Al Jazeera.
Without specialized care, at least five patients face complications such as sepsis and organ failure, he said.
- 2h ago(07:30 GMT)
Israeli military carries out more West Bank arrests
The Israeli military’s arrest campaign continues across the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.
Here’s a breakdown:
- 10 people were arrested in Jaba town, south of Jenin
- four people were arrested in Kafr Malek village, east of Ramallah
- two people were arrested in Yabad town, south of Jenin
- two men were arrested in Nablus city
Earlier, we reported that Israeli forces arrested 25 Palestinians in locations across Bethlehem governorate.
We will bring you further updates when we have them.
- 2h ago(07:15 GMT)
‘It looks like incendiary bombs were dropped on these tent sites’
I got off the phone with someone inside the hospital who described it as a loud explosion. It looks like incendiary bombs were dropped on these tent sites. And the fact that these tent sites are structures made using plastic nylon pieces of wood, is what makes the fire spread so quickly as well.
We’re talking about 20 to 30 tents that have been completely destroyed by the fire. They’re all completely burned down.
There were many people who were inside the tents as the fire spread but were not able to be removed from the bomb sites.
The situation is quite chaotic right now.
Hezbollah certainly remains a very dangerous militant organisation, which fully justifies Israel's full spectrum, maximum violence attacks against Hezbollah operatives.
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