Gaza’s Health Ministry warned of a “health disaster” over Israel’s ban on the entry of polio vaccines into the Palestinian enclave.

“The Israeli ban on the entry of polio vaccines into Gaza is a ‘time bomb’ that threatens to spread the epidemic,” the ministry said in a statement.

More than 500 illegal Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied Jerusalem, Palestinian authorities said.

The Jerusalem Governorate said in a statement that the settlers entered the flashpoint site under heavy protection from Israeli forces.

Illegal Israeli settlers intensified their intrusions into the Al-Aqsa complex ahead of the week-long Jewish holiday of Passover, which starts on April 12.

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy said it was "unacceptable" that Israel had detained two UK lawmakers and denied them entry.

Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed, from the governing Labour Party, flew from London to Israel but were blocked from entering the country and deported, British media reported.

An Israeli drone struck a car and bulldozer in southern Lebanon, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement, Lebanese media said.

The state news agency NNA said that injuries were reported in the attack that hit near the town of Zibqin in Tyre.

The leaders of Jordan, Egypt, and France will hold summit talks in Cairo on Monday to discuss the situation in Gaza amid renewed Israeli air strikes on the Palestinian enclave.

A statement by the Jordanian Royal Court said the summit between King Abdullah II, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi, and French President Emmanuel Macron will focus on the “dangerous situation in Gaza.”

Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed at least 26 more Palestinians in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll from Israel’s genocidal war since October 2023 to 50,695, the Health Ministry has said.

The statement also noted that 113 more wounded Palestinians were transferred to hospitals, bringing the total number of injuries to 115,338 in the Israeli onslaught.

“Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.

Lebanon's health ministry has said at least one person was killed in an Israeli strike on the country's south.

"The strike launched by the Israeli enemy in the town of Zibqin today led to a preliminary toll of one dead," the health ministry said in a statement.

Israeli Retired General Noam Tibon, whose brother is among the Israeli hostages held in Gaza, criticised Israel's military strategy, stating it failed to free hostages.

In an interview with Maariv newspaper, Tibon stressed that military pressure alone had not worked.

“For a year and a half, we were told that military pressure alone would bring the hostages back, but during this time, 41 hostages were killed by Hamas or in air strikes by Israeli forces. In the end, it was a deal that brought the hostages home," Tibon said.

He also underlined that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chose not to implement the second phase of truce deal, citing political reasons, coalition interests and budgetary concerns. the

Israel has admitted to mistakes in the killing of medics during the March 23 incident near Rafah, Gaza, which resulted in the deaths of 15 United Nations and Palestinian Red Crescent emergency workers.

Initially, the Israeli military claimed that soldiers had opened fire on vehicles that approached their position "suspiciously" in the dark, without lights or markings.

However, new evidence, including video from the phone of a deceased worker and testimony from survivor Munther Abed, contradicts this account, revealing that paramedics in clearly marked vehicles were deliberately targeted by soldiers.

US warplanes have launched five fresh air strikes in Yemen’s coastal province of Hudaida, the Houthi group said.

Al-Masirah TV said that the strikes targeted Kamaran Island in the province, without providing any details about injuries or damage.

There was no immediate confirmation from the US of the report.