al jazeera

By John Power and Umut Uras

         Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that at least two children were killed in Israeli attack on kindergarten in Rafah, southern Gaza.

    Houthi official Mohammed al-Bukhaiti says the Red Sea attacks will continue until Israel ends its assault on Gaza, amid Israeli air raids on Khan Younis and Rafah.
   Death toll from air raids in eastern Rafah has risen to 24 people as Israel says it is planning a ground invasion of the dangerously overcrowded city.
   Air attacks and shelling have also been reported in Khan Younis, including in the vicinity of the European Hospital.
   At least 27,238 people have been killed and 66,452 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.

    Israeli army says forces hit targets in Khan Younis and northern Gaza

    The Israeli army has said that its forces continue to clash with fighters from the air, sea and land throughout the Gaza Strip.

    In a statement released on X, the military said that troops located AK-47 rifles, RPGs ammunition, military equipment, and technological assets in a compound in the southern city of Khan Younis.

    The statement said that during operations targeting compounds in northern Gaza, the soldiers located seven AK-47 rifles, three pistols, military equipment, ammunition and grenades.

    Israeli fighter jets struck a number of Hamas targets, including infrastructure and launch posts in the city, the statement added.

    Naval forces also struck targets and continued to assist ground troops, it also said.

    Houthis vow response after more US, UK attacks

    Yemen’s Houthi group says US and UK air strikes “will not deter us”, promising a response after dozens of targets were hit in retaliation for its repeated Red Sea attacks.

    The joint air raids in Yemen late on Saturday followed another wave of unilateral US strikes against Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria in response to a drone attack that killed three US soldiers in Jordan.

    Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the capital, Sanaa, and other rebel-held areas were targeted.

    Saree reported a total of 48 air raids and said on X that “these attacks will not deter us from our … stance in support of the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip” where Israel’s war has raged since early October.

    Saturday’s strikes hit “36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen”, the US, the UK and other countries that provided support for the operation said in a statement.

    Gaza’s visual storytellers under ‘blatant’ attack

    For the past four months, Gaza’s photographers, videographers and camera operators have acted as the eyes of the world, ensuring the civilian catastrophe unfolding in the enclave is not forgotten.

    With Israel mostly barring entry into the strip for foreign journalists, Gaza’s reporters have often been the only ones to offer reporting on the crisis.

    The conflict has seen a new generation of talent emerge, some professionals with big-name outfits, others working freelance, all potentially a click away from losing everything.

    Read our story here on how, in this shooting war, Gaza’s visual storytellers are under “blatant” attack and paying the ultimate price for their work.

    Oman calls for end to war in Gaza

    Oman’s foreign minister says his country is following the ongoing escalation in the region with great concern.

    The escalation continues without a solution to “the unjust war” in Gaza and the death of tens of thousands of innocent civilians, Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi said in a statement to the Oman News Agency.

    He added that the only solution to the conflict lies in addressing its causes and motives, starting with the recognition of the independent Palestinian state and the withdrawal of the Israeli forces from the occupied Palestinian territory.