Gaza death toll from Israeli brutal war passes 50,500 mark
At least 29 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school sheltering displaced people
ICC concerned about Hungary's decision to withdraw from court
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz refused to label an attack on a Palestinian village by illegal settlers as “terrorism.”
“I don’t consider this terrorism,” Katz told Israel’s Army Radio.
The Israeli army issued new evacuation orders for Palestinian civilians in five areas east of Gaza City amid a deadly onslaught on the enclave.
Military spokesman Avichay Adraee said on his X account that the targeted areas include the neighborhoods of Shejaiya, Zeitoun, and Turukman, calling on Palestinians to immediately leave and head to what he called known shelters west of Gaza City.
Palestinian Health Ministry in besieged Gaza raised the alarm over an imminent collapse of the healthcare sector in the enclave amid relentless Israeli bombardment.
"The continued and escalating Israeli aggression has led to a near-total collapse of the health system, at a time when medical and humanitarian needs are increasing at an unprecedented level,” the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry warned that hospitals and health facilities across Gaza operate beyond their capacity.
The Syrian local authorities of the Daraa Governorate said the initial death toll from the Israeli incursion and strikes in southern Syria reached nine, along with several injuries.
In a statement, the Daraa Governorate said the Israeli shelling took place in the Jabaliyeh Dam forest near the city of Nawa, western Daraa.
The statement noted that this was the first time the Israeli troops reached deep into the area amid widespread outrage and mass protests across the region.
Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir met with the head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), General Michael Kurilla, to discuss regional security issues amid rising escalation.
An Israeli military statement said Kurilla arrived in Israel this week and met with senior army officials to discuss strategic security issues across the region.
“This meeting serves as another reinforcement of the strategic, ironclad relationship between the IDF (army) and the US military,” the statement said.
A Palestinian man was injured by Israeli army fire in occupied East Jerusalem, medics said.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said a 40-year-old man was shot in the thigh in the town of Jaba in East Jerusalem and was hospitalised for medical treatment.
According to witnesses, Israeli army forces raided the town to demol ish a house there, triggering clashes with angry residents.
At least 44 Palestinians were killed in fresh Israeli air strikes across war-devastated Gaza, medics said.
Israeli air strikes hit a residential apartment block in the Shejaiya neighborhood in Gaza City, killing 15 people, a medical source said.
The source said five more people also lost their lives in Israeli strikes on homes along Al-Yarmouk Street in central Gaza City.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the Hungarian capital Budapest on an official visit, defying an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes in Gaza.
According to the Israel National News website, Netanyahu, escorted by his wife Sara, started a four-day state visit to the European country.
Netanyahu's visit to Hungary marks the first time he has stepped foot on European soil since the ICC issued an arrest warrant for him in November last year over accusations of war crimes in Gaza.
Human rights groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, called on Hungary to arrest Netanyahu if he travels to the country and hand him over to the ICC.
The Palestinian presidency condemned a plan by Israel to divide the southern besieged Gaza.
The statement came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the army is taking control of what he called the "Morag Axis," which is similar to the Philadelphi Corridor.
The presidency rejected Netanyahu's announcement on establishing the new axis, which would sever southern Gaza, cutting off Khan Younis from Rafah.