Fighting intensified over the weekend and the nephew of former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot was killed in Gaza as the humanitarian situation continues to worsen.Rina Bassist, Ezgi Akin, Beatrice Farhat, Elizabeth Hagedorn, Adam Lucente, Jack Dutton, Jared Szuba and Al-Monitor’s contributors on the ground in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel contributed to this blog.
The UN chief warned of the “severe risk of collapse of the humanitarian system” in Gaza as Israeli forces pushed further into the southern part of the strip.
An escalation on the Israeli-Lebanese border saw the Israeli military striking several towns in southern Lebanon after Hezbollah claimed an attack on northern Israel Thursday.
As Israel deepens its campaign in the southern Gaza Strip with "the most intense day since the beginning of the ground operation,” its Arrow defense system reportedly intercepted a missile and the US Navy reported shooting down another drone from Yemen’s Houthis.
US forces shot down Houthi drones in the Red Sea as Israel's incursion into south Gaza expanded.Rina Bassist, Ezgi Akin, Beatrice Farhat, Elizabeth Hagedorn, Adam Lucente, Jack Dutton, Jared Szuba and Al-Monitor’s contributors on the ground in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel contributed to this blog.Click here for our most recent updates.