Here’s a round up of the latest updates.
- Gaza’s health ministry has said Israeli forces are attacking the vicinity of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, causing widespread panic. The director of al-Shifa has called Israel’s claim that Hamas command centre sits under it an “utter lie”.
- That comes after local officials said the hospital was bombed five times since Thursday night; They called it part of a wider siege on hospitals in north Gaza, including attacks on the the Al-Nasr Medical Centre and Al-Quds Hospital and the encircling of al-Rantisi Hospital, the eye and mental health hospitals.
- Israel has said “if we see Hamas terrorists firing from hospitals, we’ll do what we need to do”.
- Local officials say an Israeli attack on al-Buraq school has killed 50.
- Israel has also said more than 100,000 Palestinians have fled south in Gaza in the last two days, although many say they remain trapped due to the ongoing fighting.
- Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterated that after the war, Gaza would remain under Israeli security control.
- Israel has revised the number of people killed in the October 7 Hamas attacks to about 1,200, saying the earlier figure of 1,400 included people later proven to be attackers.
