Closing summary
We’re pausing our live coverage of the war in Israel-Gaza war for the day. Here’s a round-up of the main developments:
The US military has finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip, meaning officials are now poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war.
Five Israeli soldiers have been killed by friendly fire in Gaza’s north, where intense fighting has resumed more than seven months into the war. The troops were killed on Wednesday at 7pm local in the area of Jabalia refugee camp, the IDF said in a statement. Seven other troops were wounded in the incident.
The United Nations’ top court is opening two days of hearings into a request from South Africa to press Israel to halt its military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group says it has launched “more than 60” rockets at Israeli military positions in retaliation for overnight air strikes on the country’s east.
The Reuters news agency says it has been told by two Egyptian sources that Egypt has rejected an Israeli proposal for the two countries to coordinate to re-open the Rafah crossing between Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip.
At least 35,272 Palestinians have been killed and 79,205 have been wounded in Israel’s military offensive on Gaza since 7 October, the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry has said.
At least 35,272 Palestinians have been killed and 79,205 have been wounded in Israel’s military offensive on Gaza since 7 October, the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
