The Israeli army says it is conducting strikes on military targets in Iran in response to what it said were attacks by Iran and its proxies in the region. There has been no immediate comment from Iran.
- Several explosions have been reported in and around Tehran and Karaj city.
- Gaza’s civil defence agency says 12 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli drone strikes on people waiting to receive desperately needed humanitarian aid in the besieged north.
- UN human rights chief says Israel’s northern Gaza assault “could amount to atrocity crimes … extending to crimes against humanity”.
- Hezbollah says it killed and wounded a dozen Israeli soldiers on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese town of Odaisseh as fierce ground battles continue.
- Israeli army raid in Khan Younis kills at least 38 people from one family, including 14 children.
- Three journalists covering Israel’s war on Lebanon were killed in an apparent targeted Israeli strike on their accommodation in Lebanon’s southern Hasbaiyya area.
- In Gaza, at least 42,847 people have been killed and 100,544 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.
Al Jazeera
