al jazeera

By Alastair McCready, Umut Uras and Nils Adler
   Rescue teams search for survivors as local authorities say 30 people were killed in Israeli air attacks on “safe homes” and a mosque in central Gaza.
   Health workers, patients and displaced Palestinians trapped inside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City are “completely terrified”, reports Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum as videos show Israeli snipers killing at least seven Palestinians nearby.
   Houthi spokesperson rejected US’s dismissal of a link between the Gaza war and Red Sea attacks, as the US launches more strikes on Yemen.
   At least 27,365 people have been killed and 66,630 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.

    Blinken due in Saudi Arabia amid talks on releasing captives, humanitarian pause

    The US Secretary of State is due in Saudi Arabia, as he begins his fifth visit to the Middle East since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October.

    Blinken will focus on “diplomatic efforts to reach an agreement that secures the release of all remaining hostages and includes a humanitarian pause” in Gaza, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement ahead of the visit.

    The humanitarian pause will “allow for sustained, increased delivery of humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza”, the statement added.

    Blinken will also travel to Egypt, Qatar, Israel and the occupied West Bank.

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    It’s 7am (05:00 GMT) in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.

    Here are some of the main developments overnight:

   The Israeli military conducts raids across the occupied West Bank, arresting 11 Palestinians in Tulkarem, Ramallah and Halhul.
   Israeli forces are carrying out “significant destruction” of residential blocks across Gaza, particularly in the city of Khan Younis, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA reports.
   The US Army’s Central Command says it has conducted strikes against five Houthi missiles in Yemen.
   An emergency funding bill released by US senators on Sunday includes $14.1bn in military aid to Israel, including $4bn for Israel’s Iron Dome and David’s Sling defence systems.
   US President Joe Biden’s approval ratings hit a record low, with his handling of Israel’s war on Gaza a big factor, according to new NBC polling data.

    Israeli military arrests 11 people in Tulkarem, Ramallah and Halhul

    Israeli forces have arrested five men in the city of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports. Shots were fired during clashes in the city between Palestinian resistance fighters and Israeli forces, but no injuries have been reported.

    Wafa also reports that the Israeli military has arrested three people in Ramallah and three people from the town of Halhul, north of Hebron.

    Local media is also reporting fighting in the Al-Ain camp in Nablus.