al jazeera

By Alastair Mccready
   A new wave of air strikes by Israeli fighter jets has targeted the Gaza Strip, including Khan Younis in the south, Bureij refugee camp in the centre, and Gaza City in the north of the enclave, Al Jazeera’s correspondent on the ground reports.

    Israeli military forces fire live rounds at an ambulance evacuating a wounded person in southern Khan Younis, where a deadly ground invasion by Israeli forces is expanding.

    Israeli PM Netanyahu met with US President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in Washington where the vice president told Netanyahu that it is “time to get this deal done” regarding a ceasefire in Gaza.

    Eleven Palestinians are released from Israeli prisons with a 17-year-old boy telling Al Jazeera he was tortured for information on Hamas and the whereabouts of captives held in Gaza.

    At least 39,175 people have been killed and 90,403 injured in Israel’s war on Gaza. The death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is estimated at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive in Gaza.

    Decade marked since killing of Palestinian child rights worker by Israeli forces

    Child rights group Defense for Children International Palestine has marked the 10th anniversary of the killing of staff member Hashem Abu Maria by Israeli forces.

    Hashem was shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers as he “stood in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza” a decade ago and no one has ever been held accountable, the group said in a post on social media.

    “Shooting a children’s rights advocate who evidence suggests was doing nothing but trying to cross a street shocks the conscience,” Human Rights Watch said in a statement at the time of the killing of Hashem, along with two other men, by Israeli forces.

    “If the past is any indication, the Israeli military will make weak excuses for his killing without any credible investigation,” the New York-based rights group said.

    Israeli military says another soldier killed in southern Gaza

    The 37-year-old corporal with Israel’s Givati Brigade was killed fighting in the south of the Gaza Strip, the military said in a brief post on social media.

    Hours earlier, the Israeli military also reported that a 19-year-old sergeant in the 9th Armoured Battalion was also killed on Thursday in the south of the Gaza Strip.

    Gun battles as Israeli forces storm Jenin city

    Armed clashes have broken out between Palestinian fighters and Israeli forces during the storming of Jenin city and the outskirts of Jenin’s refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

    The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, reports that at least three people were arrested and Palestinian homes were raided and searched during the night-time operation.

    Israeli drones and reconnaissance planes flew over the Palestinian city during the raid, while locals put up stiff resistance in several neighbourhoods with the sound of automatic gunfire captured on video and shared by our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.