IDF says it carried out a series of strikes on Hezbollah after attack on north

IDF says it carried out a series of strikes on Hezbollah after attack on north

The Israel Defense Forces says it carried out strikes against a series of Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, in response to rocket, missile and mortar attacks on northern Israel today.

The sites included Hezbollah infrastructure, compounds with weapons depots, and a command center, the IDF says.

PA calls on EU, UN to parachute aid into Gaza

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh calls on the European Union and the United Nations to “parachute aid” into the Gaza Strip, which has been devastated by fighting between Israel and Hamas.

Turkish ship carrying field hospitals docks in Egypt near Gaza

A Turkish vessel carrying materials for field hospitals arrives in Egypt’s port of El Arish near the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, a port official says.

It is the first such aid vessel to arrive in Egypt since war broke out on October 7.

A Turkish health official tells AFP that the vessel was carrying “materials, generators, ambulances to establish eight field hospitals.”

IDF says troops killed 21 terror operatives who opened fire from Gaza City hospital

The Israel Defense Forces says troops killed members of a terror cell that opened fire at Israeli forces from Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City.

According to the IDF, the cell had opened fire at troops of the 188th Armored Brigade with light arms and RPGs, while being “embedded within a group of civilians at the entrance of the hospital.”

The IDF says troops, with air support, returned fire at the Hamas operatives, killing 21 of them. No troops were hurt but one tank was damaged by an RPG, the IDF says.

Amid the exchange of fire, the IDF says civilians were seen leaving the hospital, and other operatives came out of adjacent buildings and hid among them to attack the Israeli forces.

After firing RPGs at troops, the IDF says the operatives fled back into the hospital.

“This incident is another example of Hamas’s continued abuse of civilian structures, including hospitals, to carry out attacks,” the IDF adds in a statement.

The military releases footage of the battle that appears to show RPG-wielding terrorists running into the hospital.