Over 170 injured in Israel in last 24 hours: Health Ministry

Israel’s Health Ministry reports that 177 injured people were taken to hospitals over the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of wartime injuries in Israel to 3,924, it says.

As we’ve reported, a total of 15 people have been killed in Israel during the war with Iran, as well as two Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon.


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Israeli minister calls war ‘an enormous blessing for Israel’

Minister Ze’ev Elkin has said discussions about the war should not focus on when it will end, but on “how we can extend and deepen the damage”.

“Every day of the campaign is an enormous blessing for the State of Israel,” said Elkin in comments carried by Israeli Army Radio.

Yesterday, Defence Minister Israel Katz said the Israeli military had authorisation to target any senior Iranian officials in their sights.

The war has killed at least 1,444 people in Iran, 968 in Lebanon and at least 17 people in Israel.

Falling shrapnel near Hebron kills Palestinian teenager, two women

The Palestinian Wafa news agency has named the victims killed by falling shrapnel near Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday night. They were Mays Ghazi Musalameh, 17, Sahera Rizq Musalameh, 50, and Amal Subhi Abdel Karim Mutawa “Musalameh”, 36.

Thirteen women were also injured when parts of the projectile fired from Iran fell on the salon, which was operating from a metal caravan next to a house, according to Wafa.

Unlike in Israel, where many people have access to fortified shelters and protection from the Israeli military’s defence system, Palestinian residents in the occupied West Bank often live in crowded and makeshift homes, offering little safety during aerial attacks.

People gather for funeral of three Palestinians killed by missile debris

People here are saying this was a tragedy and there’s nothing they can do about it. The Palestinian civil defence team is here to conduct more searches and find out more information about the attack and the nature of it.

People say the [three female victims], who were at a nail salon, were just trying to prepare for Eid al-Fitr, trying to have a normal day here in the occupied West Bank, despite the abnormality that Palestinians face as they see these rockets being fired into Israel and sometimes also into the occupied West Bank.

They have no shelters and no guidance on what to do or where to go. And they have no aerial defence systems. In fact, Israel’s aerial defence systems are around Palestinian villages, which makes them more susceptible to attacks.

Fourth Palestinian woman dies in occupied West Bank from Iranian missile attack

Another Palestinian woman has died from shrapnel wounds sustained when an Iranian missile attack sent debris towards a nail salon in the occupied West Bank late on Wednesday, bringing the total death toll from the incident to four.

The woman, 32-year-old Samir Masalmeh, was six months pregnant, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. A girl who was severely injured in the blast is hospitalised in stable condition, the ministry added.

Palestinian authorities could not confirm whether the shrapnel that caused the casualties came from an Iranian missile or an Israeli interceptor used to shoot it down.

Israeli army says more than 20 Hezbollah fighters killed

The Israeli army says it killed more than 20 Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. It said the fighters were killed by the Israeli Army’s 36th Division and in air attacks.

Since Monday, the Israeli military has launched air raids across southern Lebanon after announcing “targeted ground operations” against Hezbollah positions.

More than a million Lebanese people have been displaced from their homes.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Monday he would not allow the return of people to the country’s south until the safety of Israelis is guaranteed.

Hezbollah reports battles with Israeli troops in south Lebanon

Hezbollah says its fighters have clashed with Israeli ground troops who were attempting to advance in south Lebanon, from the town of Taybeh towards the Baydar al-Fuqani area, deploying missiles and destroying six Israeli Merkava tanks.

It claimed the Israeli military “brought in several helicopters to evacuate the wounded under heavy fire and smoke cover”.

Hezbollah also said it launched three separate rocket attacks on the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona and targeted Israeli troops in Khirbet al-Manara, opposite the border town of Hula, and at the Misgav Am site opposite the border town of Odaisseh.

Israeli attacks killed 45 people in Lebanon over past two days, ministry says

Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health has issued a statement on the number of people killed in Israeli attacks on several areas in the country over the past two days.

They are as follows:

Israeli air attacks hit house in southern Lebanon: Report

Israeli air attacks have hit a house in the town of Burj Shemali in southern Lebanon, east of Tyre, the National News Agency is reporting.

Further south, Israel shelled the entrances to the towns of Chihine and Marwahin, near the border with Israel, the agency reported.

Masses of displaced people from the south are continuing to make their way to the cities of Sidon and Beirut, following the Israeli military’s threat to target crossings on the Litani River, the agency said.

Israeli attacks reported on multiple towns in southern Lebanon

Israeli air raids have hit several towns in southern Lebanon, the National News Agency is reporting.

Israeli warplanes have struck in towns including Mayfadoun, Khiam, Bint Jbeil, Qantara, Jebchit, Haboush, al-Sharqiyah, and Touline, the agency reported.

Meanwhile, Israeli artillery shelling was being reported on Maroun al-Ras, Khiam, Wadi Salouqi, Baraachit and Chaqra, the agency said.


Patients, hospital staff injured as Israel targets southern Lebanon: Report

An Israeli air strike has caused damage to several wards in a southern Lebanese hospital, resulting in patients and staff suffering smoke inhalation, the National News Agency is reporting.

Sheikh Ragheb Harb University Hospital in Toul on the outskirts of Nabatieh issued a statement saying an Israeli attack on an adjacent building damaged several of its facilities, including the intensive care unit.

The hospital’s management said the attack violated international law and threatened the safety of patients and staff, the agency reported.

One killed, 2 wounded in Israeli air attack on southern Lebanon: Report

An Israeli air attack on Bazouriyah in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district has killed one person and injured two, the National News Agency is reporting.

One of the injured was seriously wounded and has been hospitalised, the agency reported.

Two killed, eight injured in Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon: Report

Two people have been killed and eight others wounded in Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon’s Tyre district, the National News Agency is reporting.

As we reported earlier, one of those killed and two of the wounded were hit in an attack on Bazouriyeh. The other strikes targeted towns including Dabaal, al-Hawsh and Burj Shemali, the agency reported.

Two killed in Israeli air strike on Adloun, southern Lebanon: Report

Two people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a house on the outskirts of Adloun, about 17km (11 miles) south of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, the National News Agency is reporting.

As we reported earlier, in recent hours two people have been killed and eight others were wounded in separate Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon’s Tyre district.

Hezbollah says rockets fired towards Israeli base, positions in southern Lebanon

Hezbollah says it has fired rockets at a military base and a village in Israel, as well as targeted Israeli troops in southern Lebanon.

In posts on Telegram, the group said it had aimed for Israeli military’s Tefen base east of Acre, and at the settlement of Even Menachem in northern Israel.

It said it had also fired rockets at a newly established Israeli military position in Nimr al-Jamal, opposite the border town of Alma al-Shaab, and had targeted a group of Israeli soldiers in the al-Labouneh area of southern Lebanon.