Summary of the day so far...
The UN relief and works agency (Unrwa) has warned that already low levels of aid trickling into Gaza had dwindled further, with the situation in the north of the territory described as “catastrophic”. , Louise Wateridge, an Unrwa emergencies officer, said “aid entering the Gaza Strip is at its lowest level in months”
Israel has claimed it has met most US demands to increase aid access to the Gaza Strip, despite its own official figures showing aid delivery is at its lowest since December. The Kisufim crossing was opening on Tuesday to allow some trucks through
Israel’s newly appointed defense minister Israel Katz has said there will be “no ceasefire” and “no respite” in Lebanon. Posting to social media, Katz said “The warning and powerful activity carried out by the IDF and the security agencies against Hezbollah and the elimination of [Hassan] Nasrallah are a picture of victory and the offensive activity should be continued, in order to worsen Hezbollah’s capabilities and realise the fruits of victory. In Lebanon there will be no ceasefire and there will be no respite”
Katz’ comments directly contradicted a statement from Israel’s foreign minister on Monday that there had been a “certain progress” in ceasefire talks. Hezbollah said on Monday that it had not been directly involved in any talks
Beirut’s southern suburbs have again been hit by multiple Israeli air strikes. Israel’s Arabic-language military spokesperson had issued orders that people in specific locations in southern Beirut – and many villages in southern Lebanon – should flee their homes.
Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed 3,287 people and injured 14,222 since 7 October 2023, the Lebanese health ministry said on Tuesday, adding that 44 people in Lebanon had been killed and 88 others injured on Monday alone
At least five people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese town of Baalshamieh, according to the health ministry
Rocket fire from Lebanon has killed two men in their 40s in northern Israel, close to the town of Nahariya, first responders said
Air raid sirens were heard in Tel Aviv earlier today, with the Israeli military saying it had intercepted three projectiles fired from Lebanon. Media reported that sirens were also activated at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport, where flights were temporarily halted
UN peacekeepers have warned that the Israeli military has committed “severe violations” of a ceasefire deal with Syria as its military continues a major construction project along the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria
Palestinian media sources report that the Al-Qassam Brigades has claimed it successfully mounted an attack on Israeli troops that had taken refuge inside a house in Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip. Overnight Israel announced the deaths of four soldiers in combat in the northern Gaza Strip
At least 43,665 Palestinian people have been killed and 103,076 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Gaza health ministry said in an update today. Of those, 62 Palestinians were killed and 147 injured in the latest 24-hour reporting period, the ministry said.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the following in a direct message to Iranians. In it, he says that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s government feared the people of Iran more than Israel.
In the video message, Netanyahu said:
That’s why they spend so much time and money trying to crush your hopes and curb your dreams.
Well, I say to you this: Don’t let your dreams die. I hear the whispers: Women, Life, Freedom. Zan, Zendegi, Azadi.
Don’t lose hope. And know that Israel and others in the free world stand with you.
“I know that you don’t want this war,” says Netanyahu. “I don’t want this war either. The people of Israel don’t want this war. There is one force putting your family in grave danger: the tyrants of Tehran. That’s it.”
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