- Israeli quadcopter drones have bombed Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, the fifth attack by Israel’s military on the medical facility in recent weeks.
- A “surge” in Israeli strikes on Gaza City where the al-Ahli hospital is struggling to deal with mass casualties.
- At least 36 Palestinians have been killed and almost 100 wounded in Israeli attacks across Gaza over the most recent 24-hour reporting period, the war-torn enclave’s Ministry of Health reports.
- Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon have killed at least 12 people, threatening to scuttle a shaky ceasefire with Hezbollah that went into effect last week.
- Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed at least 44,502 Palestinians and wounded 105,454 since October 7, 2023.
- At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day, and more than 200 were taken captive.
- In Lebanon, at least 3,961 people have been killed and 16,520 wounded in Israeli attacks since the war on Gaza began.
Israel returns bodies of two Jordanians involved in border attack
The Israeli army has said it returned the bodies of two Jordanian citizens who carried out a shooting attack against its soldiers in October this year.
Back then, the two men had breached the border between Israel and Jordan, south of the Dead Sea, wounding two Israeli soldiers. They were shot dead by the Israel army soon after the crossing.
The army said the two were returned “in accordance with the directive of the political echelon”.
In a separate statement, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry identified the two men as Amer Qawas and Hussam Abu Ghazaleh.
“In coordination with the relevant authorities in the Kingdom, the two bodies were received via King Hussein [Allenby] Bridge and handed over to their families for burial in the Kingdom,” a ministry spokesperson said.
At least 3 killed in Israeli attacks in central Gaza
We have witnessed a bloody night here in the central areas of Gaza, with sounds of bombardment and jets overwhelming the sky of this very densely populated area.
At least two people were killed in the bombing of two residential buildings here in Deir el-Balah.
There has been a broadening of strikes in the Bureij refugee camp, a few kilometres from Deir el-Balah.
A UN-run school has been targeted there. At least one Palestinian has been confirmed killed in that attack.
The strike has burned down at least 15 makeshift tents in the courtyard of the school sheltering hundreds of displaced families.