Israel’s war on Gaza, now in its 276th day, has killed at least 38,098 Palestinians — majority of them women and children — and wounded 87,705, with 10,000+ estimated to be buried under the debris and 9,500+ abducted by Tel Aviv.
Monday, July 8, 2024
0345 GMT — Several Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a house in the northern part of Gaza, the Civil Defence Agency in the enclave has announced.
The agency said in a statement that its teams retrieved several bodies after an Israeli warplane targeted a house belonging to the Al Hajin family in Jabalia.
The attack destroyed the house and caused severe damage to the surrounding area, eyewitnesses said.
Civil Defence teams and residents are digging through the rubble in search of victims, they added.
Earlier, the agency said dozens of Palestinians were killed and injured due to Israeli air strikes on areas of Gaza City.
“There are dozens of martyrs, injured and trapped people in residential areas in the al-Daraj, Tuffah and Old City neighbourhoods due to the Israeli occupation’s insane bombing of these areas,” Mahmoud Basal, the agency’s spokesperson, said in a press release.
0522 GMT — Israel says it struck Hezbollah sites in Lebanon
Israel’s military has said in a statement that it launched multiple air and artillery strikes overnight on what it said were Hezbollah military targets in Lebanon.
The strikes came after the Iranian-backed group said on Sunday it had launched a drone attack in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
0514 GMT — Israel intelligence boss joins ceasefire talks, broadcaster says
The head of Israel’s Shin Bet domestic intelligence service, Ronen Bar, has flown to Egypt to continue talks aimed at agreeing a ceasefire deal in Gaza, broadcaster Channel 7 broadcaster said.
0359 GMT — Hundreds of Israelis protest near Netanyahu’s home demanding truce deal with Hamas
Hundreds of Israelis have attempted to reach the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in West Jerusalem to pressure the government into striking a truce deal with Palestinian factions.
They demonstrated near Netanyahu’s residence on Gaza Street and attempted to reach it, but the police prevented them, according to Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth daily.
Dozens of protesters in Tel Aviv also demanded a hostage swap deal and attempted to block a section of the main Ayalon Highway in the city centre, the newspaper said.
0130 GMT — US military says four Houthi drones destroyed in past 24 hours
The US military’s Central Command said in a statement that in the past 24 hours, its forces destroyed two Houthi drones in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen while partner forces destroyed two Houthi drones over the Gulf of Aden.
“It was determined these systems presented an imminent threat to US, coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region. These actions were taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for US, coalition, and merchant vessels,” the statement read.
0100 GMT — Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital evacuated after Israeli army’s warning
Medical teams in Gaza evacuated wounded Palestinians from al-Ahli Baptist Hospital after the Israeli military issued a warning to leave the Al-Daraj, Al-Tuffah and Old City neighbourhoods of Gaza City.
A medical source at the hospital who spoke to Anadolu Agency said the teams transferred the wounded and other patients from the hospital to medical facilities in northern Gaza.
The source said Israeli quadcopter drones were heavily present around the hospital, firing at civilians and prompting the medical teams to evacuate the hospital.
Earlier in the day, Israeli aircraft and artillery targeted areas of Gaza City, injuring dozens of people and displacing thousands of families, coinciding with the Israeli army’s call for residents to evacuate their homes in those areas.
0051 GMT — Palestinian succumbs to his injuries from Israeli army gunfire in occupied West Bank
A young Palestinian man succumbed Sunday to injuries he sustained from Israeli army gunfire during an incursion into Jenin city in the northern West Bank.
Fawaz Hammad, the director of Al-Razi Hospital in Jenin, announced the death, saying that Ahmad Rashad Mahmoud Abu Al-Haija, 24, succumbed to his wounds inflicted during the Israeli aggression on Jenin and its refugee camp last Friday, according to the official Palestine news agency Wafa.
The agency reported that with Abu al-Haija’s death, the number of Palestinians killed from the Israeli raid on Jenin last Friday rose to eight.
2300 GMT — Hezbollah launches drone attack on Mount Hermon in Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights
The Hezbollah group said it launched a drone attack on Mount Hermon in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights where Israel has a key surveillance centre.
It said this was its first such bombing since it began trading fire with Israel on October 8, a day after its Palestinian ally Hamas attacked southern Israel, sparking the Gaza war. Hezbollah says it would halt operations only when the war ends.
Although it had hit other areas in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights repeatedly, Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it was the first time to hit the military target that is at the highest elevation in the Israeli-controlled territory.
Israel has key surveillance, espionage and air defence installations on Mount Hermon where it overlooks the Syrian capital and serves to monitor Syria, Iraq, Jordan and parts of Saudi Arabia since the 1973 Oct. Arab-Israeli war.
