KEY POINTS
- The IDF clarified that it was targeting Hezbollah, not the Lebanese army
- Netanyahu reiterated that the war will only end after Hamas is eliminated
- All eyes are on Khan Yunis as Israeli army targets Hamas assets in southern Gaza
The Israel-Hamas war is on its 61st day, and the Lebanese army said one of its soldiers was killed in an Israeli air strike, marking the first time a Lebanese soldier was killed since the war started.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has since expressed "regret" over the incident, saying it operated in "self defense" to eliminate an "imminent threat" from Lebanese territory.
- UNIFIL urges end to Blue Line fire exchanges
- Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen revokes UN coordinator's residence visa
- Egypt begins work on concrete wall in Gaza border area: Report
- Israeli strikes kill 5 Hamas commanders hiding in tunnel near Indonesian Hospital: IDF
- Washington announces visa restrictions policy against West Bank extremists
- Netanyahu slams UN silence over Hamas' Oct. 7 sexual violence against women
- Evidence of Hamas' 'gender-based violence' on Oct. 7 building up: Report
- Israeli army on 'third phase' of ground operations in Gaza Strip: IDF chief
- Hamas will not release any more hostages until Israel halts attacks: Official
- Houthis hail 'strategic victory' after Red Sea attacks: Report
- Cohen calls for resignation of Harvard, Penn, MIT presidents after Congress statements
- Freed elderly hostage in serious condition after "lack of medical attention" in captivity
- Blinken and Wang talk Israel-Hamas conflict in Wednesday's call
- Khan Yunis has been encircled: IDF chief of staff
- Drone incident Wednesday in the Red Sea: UKMTO
- The lives of some abductees in 'immediate danger': Hostages' families
Israeli troops are expanding operations across the Gaza Strip, with Khan Yunis at the center of a ground offensive. Washington has been urging the IDF to minimize Palestinian civilian casualties.
Talks to negotiate for a new ceasefire-hostage deal have stalled. There are still 137 hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Of the said hostages, 17 are women and children, as per the IDF.
The IDF and Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah, a greater paramilitary force than Hamas, have intensified fire exchanges near Israel's northern border with Lebanon since the truce deal collapsed Friday.
Amid raging Israel-Palestine tensions that blew up when Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7 and killed more than a thousand people, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the international community to stand with Israel if the world wants "to help shorten the war."
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'Solid intelligence' some remaining hostages are in 'immediate danger': Families
The Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum told Israel's war cabinet in a letter that they received "solid intelligence that there are abductees whose condition has deteriorated and there is now immediate danger to their lives," as per local media.
The families demand that the war cabinet, which comprises of Netanyahu, defense minister Yoav Gallant, and minister without portfolio Benny Gantz, "act urgently" to get the remaining hostages freed.
The IDF previously said 137 hostages are still being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Of the said number, 17 are women and children.
