Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 45 Palestinians have been killed and 130 wounded in Israeli attacks during the latest 24-hour reporting period.

      Heavy fighting continues as Israeli forces again invade northern Gaza, trapping at least 400,000 Palestinians as fears grow for their safety after the latest evacuation orders were largely ignored.

      Hezbollah says its fighters repelled two Israeli military incursions as its attempt to gain ground in southern Lebanon appears to stall with three Israeli soldiers wounded in battle.

      Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant cancels plans to meet his US counterpart Lloyd Austin amid expectations of an Israeli response to Iran’s missile attack last week.

      In Gaza, at least 42,010 people have been killed and 97,720 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 2023. In Israel, at least 1,139 people were killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 and more than 200 people were taken captive.

      2 people killed in northern Israel by Hezbollah rocket fire

      A man and a woman were killed in the northern Israeli town of Kirya Shmona after it was hit by a rocket barrage from Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israel’s ambulance service says.

      The deaths follow a spate of rocket fire over the past few days as Hezbollah responds to Israeli strikes inside Lebanon.

      “We found a man and a woman, aged around 40 years old, unconscious and injured by shrapnel. We carried out medical examinations, but their injuries were serious and we had to declare them dead on the spot,” said emergency service provider Magen David Adom in a statement.

      At least 43 killed in Gaza as Jabalia attack wreaks havoc

      We previously reported at least 20 people, including three children, were killed across Gaza overnight.

      The death toll has now risen to 43, according to medical sources who spoke to our Al Jazeera colleagues.

      Nearly half were killed in the northern Jabalia refugee camp where the Israeli army is leading a ground assault for a fifth consecutive day.

      There are about 400,000 people trapped in the north of the Strip, the UN says, as families refuse to leave for the south, or have no way to move after the Israeli army issued new evacuation orders.

      EU opens ‘air bridge’ for aid to Lebanon

      The European Union says it had launched a “humanitarian air bridge” to fly aid to Lebanon as fighting rages between Israel and Hezbollah.

      The European Commission said three initial flights were scheduled to carry supplies from Italy and Dubai to the conflict-racked country, with the first arriving in Beirut on Friday.

      “The EU stands by the people affected by the crisis in Lebanon,” commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote on X.

      “From blankets to shelter kits and medicines. More will come.”

      The EU last week said it was ramping up spending on humanitarian assistance to Lebanon by 30 million euros ($33m) in response to the unfolding violence.