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Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Tairharfa on July 11.Credit: Kawnat Haju / AFP
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Palestinians gather to inspect the damages at the headquarters of UNRWA, following an Israeli raid in Gaza City, on Friday.Credit: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters
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A woman sits with her dog at a park where pictures of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack are displayed, in Tel Aviv on Thursday.Credit: Eloisa Lopez/ REUTERS
Israeli army, Shin Bet announce killing of Ayman Shweidah, deputy commander of Shujaiyeh Battalion ■ ICJ to publish position on occupation of W. Bank, E. J’lem, next week ■ Five rockets fired at northern Israel ■ IDF reservist killed in Hezbollah drone attack in northern Israel ■ Israel, Egypt discuss anti-smuggling surveillance system on Gaza-Egypt border in cease-fire talks ■ Biden: Gaps remain between Israel and Hamas, but we’re making progress
Israeli army, Shin Bet announce killing of Ayman Shweidah, deputy commander of Shujaiyeh Battalion ■ ICJ to publish position on occupation of W. Bank, E. J’lem, next week ■ Five rockets fired at northern Israel ■ IDF reservist killed in Hezbollah drone attack in northern Israel ■ Israel, Egypt discuss anti-smuggling surveillance system on Gaza-Egypt border in cease-fire talks ■ Biden: Gaps remain between Israel and Hamas, but we’re making progress
Israeli strike kills 4 aid workers in Gaza ‘safe zone,’ UK-based group says
A U.K.-based aid group said one of its employees in Gaza was killed Friday in an Israeli strike that hit its warehouse, located inside an Israeli-declared humanitarian safe zone.
U.S. CENTCOM destroyed three vehicles in Houthi-controlled area of Yemen
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Friday that U.S. forces destroyed three Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicles in the Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.
Israeli army carries out strikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon
The IDF announced that fighter jets carried out additional strikes against Hezbollah targets in villages in southern Lebanon, including Kfarkela, Taybeh and Khiam.
RECAP: IDF strike kills Shujaiyeh battalion deputy commander; Army strikes several Hezbollah outposts in Lebanon
Here’s what you need to know on day 280 of the war:
■ The Israeli army has said air force fighter jets attacked several Hezbollah outposts in southern Lebanon, including a rocket launcher used to target the Golan Heights in the last few days, observation posts and a building used by operatives of the organization.
■ Rescue forces in Gaza reported that they extracted 60 bodies from southern neighborhood of Tel al-Hawa, where the IDF was active in the past days. According to the announcement, that many of the bodies are still cast in the neighborhood and under the rubble, and dozens are still missing.
■ The International Court of Justice in The Hague announced it would publish in a week its position on the issue of the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The issue has been a central point in the court’s probe prior to the current war in Gaza.
■ The IDF and Shin Bet announced that they killed the Shujaiyeh battalion deputy commander Ayman Shweidah. In the join announcement, it said that Shweidah was involved in planning October 7 and took part in the fighting that followed. In addition, the announcement said that a company commander from the battalion was also killed.
■ The Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry has said that a 26-year-old Palestinian man was killed by IDF fire in the village of Abwein, north of Ramallah.
■ Four international aid workers were killed in Israeli strike in the southern Gaza town of Al Mawasi, according to Palestinian reports.
■ Hamas senior political officer Husam Badran said that Hamas proposed that a technocratic government run both Gaza and the West Bank. Badran stressed that the government would be agreed upon by all the Palestinian factions and not affiliated politically with any organization.
■ A house in Metula suffered a direct hit by a rocket from Lebanon. No casualties were reported, and a fire broke out in the area.
Opinion | A warning: Israel will have no defense when it is charged with crimes against the Palestinians
Almost every day I watch an interview on television with a relative of one of the fallen “wearers of knitted-kippot.” Yes, “wearers of knitted-kippot” is the most precise description for these members of the religious Zionist community. Not settlers, not messianists, not annexationists. Heroes. No group in Israel exhibits greater determination, sacrifice, identification, courage and a willingness for combat than they do.
There are others like them – non-religious soldiers from moshavim and kibbutzim; city people from Tel Aviv, Netanya, Herzliya, Haifa, Be’er Sheva and other cities; and those from the periphery, from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat – but none more than them. The number of fallen soldiers among the religious Zionist community well exceeds their percentage among the general population.
Yemen’s Houthis target vessel twice in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait
Yemen’s Houthis targeted “vessel Charysalis” twice in both the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait with a number of ballistic and naval missiles and drones, the Iran-aligned group’s military spokesman Yahya Saree said on Friday.
The Houthi militia, which controls the most populous parts of Yemen, has staged attacks on ships in the waters off the country for months in solidarity with Palestinians fighting Israel in Gaza.
Hostages and Missing Families Forum: ‘Netanyahu’s behavior is reckless, this is an opportunity that we may never get again’
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum referred to comments made by security officials regarding conditions stipulated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that according to the officials could derail a deal that would release the hostages.
“We are shocked by the reckless behavior that could cause the missing of an opportunity that we may never get again,” the forum said. “It’s now or never. By the time everyone comes to their senses and work together, there might not be anyone to bring back. The families address the prime minister – we stand behind the Netanyahu deal, now it is your turn to stand behind the deal you put on the table.”
UN chief says no alternative to UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres declared on Friday that there is no alternative to the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA and 118 countries backed the relief organization as indispensable, amid stepped up efforts by Israel to dismantle it.
The UN Relief and Works Agency provides education, health and aid to millions of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Since war erupted nine months ago between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, UN officials have stressed UNRWA is the backbone of aid operations.
“My appeal to everyone is this: Protect UNRWA, protect UNRWA staff, and protect UNRWA’s mandate – including through funding,” Guterres told an UNRWA pledging conference in New York on Friday. “Let me be clear: there is no alternative to UNRWA.”
Several countries halted their funding to UNRWA following accusations by Israel that some of the agency’s staff were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the Gaza war. Most donors have since resumed their funding, while the UN is conducting an internal investigation.
IDF attacks Hezbollah rocket launcher used to target Golan Heights
The Israeli army has said air force fighter jets attacked several Hezbollah outposts in southern Lebanon, including a rocket launcher used to target the Golan Heights in the last few days, observation posts and a building used by operatives of the organization.
House in Metula suffers direct hit by rocket from Lebanon, no casualties reported; Fire breaks out in the area
Smoke plumes billow after rockets were fired from Marjeyoun in southern Lebanon towards Metula across the border in northern Israel on Friday.Credit: AFP