Israel-Hamas War Day 267 |
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center grand opening ceremony in New York on Friday.Credit: AFP
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to media before casting his ballot in the presidential election in Tehran, Iran, Friday.Credit: Vahid Salemi,AP
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Palestinians arrive in the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis after fleeing an Israeli ground and air offensive in the nearby city of Rafah on Friday.Credit: Jehad Alshrafi,AP
U.S. amphibious assault ship USS Wasp entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea ■ Israeli army says three drones, 25 rockets launched from southern Lebanon, no casualties reported ■ IDF says it struck Hezbollah air defense system ■ U.S. shifts assault ship to Mediterranean to deter risk of Israel-Lebanon conflict escalating ■ IDF launches intelligence-based operation in Gaza City’s Shujaiya neighborhood; Gazans report 30 killed
U.S. amphibious assault ship USS Wasp entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea ■ Israeli army says three drones, 25 rockets launched from southern Lebanon, no casualties reported ■ IDF says it struck Hezbollah air defense system ■ U.S. shifts assault ship to Mediterranean to deter risk of Israel-Lebanon conflict escalating ■ IDF launches intelligence-based operation in Gaza City’s Shujaiya neighborhood; Gazans report 30 killed
Report: U.S. proposed ‘new language’ for the hostage and cease-fire deal that will be presented to Hamas
The U.S. has presented “new language for parts of the proposed hostage and cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas,” according to a report by American news site Axios, citing three sources.
The sources said the changes proposed were formed in collaboration with the Qatari and Egyptian mediators, the report states, and that they relate to the first stage of the deal – which includes a temporary cease-fire and the release of the Israeli hostages which fall in the humanitarian category: women, and wounded and sick hostages.
The aim of the changes is to secure the conditions for implementing the second stage of the deal, which according to the reports includes “reaching “sustainable calm” in Gaza.”
According to a source who spoke to Axios, “the U.S. is working very hard to find a formula that will allow reaching a deal.” Another said that if Hamas agrees to the new formula “it will allow to close the deal.””
Iran’s Mission to UN: If Israel attacks Lebanon, an ‘obliterating war’ will ensue
Iran’s Mission to UN posted on X that if Israel should “embark on full-scale military aggression, an obliterating war will ensue. All options, including the full involvement of all Resistance Fronts, are on the table.”
U.S. has sent Israel thousands of 2,000-pound bombs since Oct. 7
The Biden administration has sent to Israel large numbers of munitions, including more than 10,000 highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs and thousands of Hellfire missiles, since the start of the war in Gaza, said two U.S. officials briefed on an updated list of weapons shipments.
Between the war’s start last October and recent days, the United States has transferred at least 14,000 of the MK-84 2,000-pound bombs, 6,500 500-pound bombs, 3,000 Hellfire precision-guided air-to-ground missiles, 1,000 bunker-buster bombs, 2,600 air-dropped small-diameter bombs, and other munitions, according to the officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly.
RECAP: IDF says three Hezbollah drones from Lebanon exploded in northern Israel; U.S. removes Gaza aid pier due to weather, may not put it back
Here are the latest updates from day 266 of the war:
■ The Washington Post reports that, during his last visit to the United States, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant discussed with senior U.S. officials a joint plan for the so-called day after in the Gaza Strip.
■ The Israeli army says that forces of the target intelligence unit 869 have detected Hezbollah members in a military structure near the southern Lebanon village of Kfar Kila. The forces directed Israeli fighter jets who struck the compound and destroyed it.
■ The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea this week as the United States positions warships to try to keep fighting between Israel and Hezbollah from escalating into a wider war.
■ State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said that Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Thursday with UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag in Washington, DC.
■ According to Hamas sources, the exchange of gunfire in Gaza City occurs in the Shujaiya and Tuffah neighborhoods.
■ The IDF said it struck targets in Hezbollah’s air defense system, from which surface-to-air missiles were launched at an Israel Air Force aircraft.
■ The pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza has been removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S. is considering not re-installing it unless the aid begins flowing out into the population again, several U.S. officials said Friday.
■ The Israeli army says that three Hezbollah drones have infiltrated Israel from southern Lebanon and exploded in the Western Galilee after interception attempts failed.
■ Iran has installed half the advanced uranium-enriching machines it said earlier this month it would quickly add to its Fordow site dug into a mountain, but has not yet brought them online, the UN nuclear watchdog said in a report seen by Reuters.
■ Iran’s Mission to UN posted on X that if Israel should “embark on full-scale military aggression” in Lebanon, “an obliterating war will ensue. All options, including the full involvement of all Resistance Fronts, are on the table.”
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