Main events from January 10th
- Israel’s assault on Gaza continued with attacks throughout Friday, including a strike on Gaza City’s Shujayea area, which killed four people, and shelling in the Bureij camp that killed five.
- A source from the armed wing of Hamas has told Al Jazeera that due to Israel’s military operation, most Israeli captives held in northern Gaza “are now missing”.
- Israeli settlers have carried out more arson attacks in Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, including in the town of Khirbet Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, and villages east of Hebron.
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry has said an Israeli attack has killed five people near the city of Tyre in the latest violation of a fragile ceasefire. Israel’s army said it targeted a truck carrying weapons used by Hezbollah.
- Israel’s army has bombed targets in Houthi-controlled parts of Yemen, including the Hezyaz power station near the capital Sanaa, and the Hodeidah and Ras Isa ports on the western coast.
- The Hind Rajab Foundation has submitted a legal complaint against Boaz Ben David, an Israeli soldier accused of war crimes in Gaza, to countries in Scandinavia, where he is on holiday.
Israeli military carries out attacks on northern Gaza
The Palestinian news agency Wafa and local media sources report the following Israeli military attacks in northern Gaza on Friday:
- The Israeli military has bombed the Abu al-Auf building near the Candle Mosque in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood, killing and injuring “a number” of Palestinians.
- Israeli warplanes also bombed a residential building belonging to the Tafesh family in Zeitoun, killing at least one person and injuring three others.
- Israeli forces have struck an apartment building near “al-Kanz” mosque in the Remal neighbourhood, west of Gaza City, killing three and injuring 10.
- Palestinian media reports children among the injured in an Israeli strike on a house near the Omari Mosque, east of Gaza City.
- The Israeli military has also carried out strikes and raids on Gaza City’s western suburbs.
Video from Israeli soldier shows scale of destruction in Gaza
Video footage shared online by the Quds News Network shows an Israeli soldier standing in a ruined landscape, making a barking noise to call stray dogs that are now said to roam in hungry packs across the war-torn Palestinian territory.
The soldier laughs as he is answered by a chorus of stray dogs who have been left behind in the rubble of Gaza after their owners were either killed or had fled.
Footage captures an Israeli soldier playing with dogs in the northern Gaza Strip amid widespread destruction brought about by the Israeli military after forcing Palestinians to leave their homes under bombing threats. pic.twitter.com/sRqL8Ivd7X
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) January 10, 2025