Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said the Israeli military will expand its campaign against Hezbollah: “We will reach wherever the organisation operates, in Beirut, Damascus and in more distant places.”

      Dozens of Palestinians are killed in incessant Israeli attacks across Gaza, including 15 people at a sport centre where hundreds of war-displaced are sheltering.

      News reports say the United States will send billions of dollars worth of bombs and warplanes to Israel despite growing criticism of its war on Gaza.

      The Palestine Red Crescent Society says the Israeli military has killed 26 of its staff since the start of the war on Gaza, including 15 team members who were targeted while actively performing medical duties.

      At least 32,623 Palestinians have been killed and 75,092 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack stands at 1,139 with dozens still held captive.

    US, Israeli delegations may meet Monday to discuss planned Rafah invasion: Report

    Israel has proposed to hold the talks in Washington DC on Monday, after canceling a meeting with US counterparts earlier this week, reports CNN, citing US officials.

    The request comes as the US White House signs off on a $2.5bn arms package to Israel, consisting of over 2,000 bombs, even as it pushes back on Israel’s planned incursion of Rafah.

    US officials told CNN that a date for the Rafah talks has not yet been finalised.

    ‘Thermobaric rocket’ attack reportedly kills 1 Israeli, injures 16 in south Gaza: Monitors

    Palestinian fighters battling Israeli forces in the southern Gaza Strip’s Khan Younis area have reported carrying out “a series of high-impact attacks”, according to the latest joint report from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP).

    According to the US-based think tanks, Hamas fighters reported launching a thermobaric rocket at Israeli soldiers deployed inside a multi-storey building near Nasser Hospital on Friday. The rocket blast appears to have killed an Israeli special forces soldier and injured 16 others, according to the ISW/CTP report.

    Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fighters also reported an ambush on a squad of six Israeli special forces soldiers in the al-Qarara area of Khan Younis. PIJ claimed to have either killed or wounded all six of the special forces team.

    The left-wing Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine also claimed to have targeted an Israeli personnel carrier in the al-Qarara area with an IED (improvised explosive device), the war monitors said.

    Qatar welcomes ICJ ruling ordering Israel to immediately facilitate aid entry

    The Gulf state has welcomed a new verdict by the international court that calls on Israel to take all the necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies arrive without delay to the Palestinian population in Gaza.

    Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed the need to “ensure compliance with the implementation of this order, including the opening of crosings, to avoid the famine that threatens the Strip, as well as to prevent the risk of genocide”.

    It also affirmed that the “horrific humaitarian reality in the Gaza Strip, inluding the threat to the lives of civilians, requires the international community to firmly stand up to achieve a permanent ceasefire”.

    If you’re just joining us

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

    Here are the main developments from overnight:

•     The White House has agreed to send another $2.5bn in weapons to Israel despite growing condemnation of the war on Gaza and increasing pressure from Democratic senators and members of Congress to limit military aid to Israel.
•     Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has warned that Israeli forces will expand attacks against Hezbollah to more geographic areas. The warning comes amid attacks by Israel on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and Syria.
•     A 13-year-old Palestinian boy was killed and several other young people injured by Israeli forces during another night of bloody military raids on towns and cities in the occupied West Bank.
•     Thousands took to the streets in Jordanian capital Amman for the sixth consecutive night to protest against Israel’s war on Gaza and to call for an end to Jordan’s peace treaty with the Israeli state.
•     Malaysian police have arrested an armed man at a hotel in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, who they suspect could be an Israeli spy, according to news reports. Malaysia is a strong supporter of Palestine and has no diplomatic relations with Israel.