Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant headed to Washington DC on Sunday for “critical” talks on the next phase of the Gaza war and the escalating hostilities against Hezbollah on the Lebanon border. His visit came as Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday again claimed there was a “dramatic drop” in US arms deliveries for the war effort. Read our liveblog to see how all the day's events unfolded.
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Summary
- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that there was a "dramatic drop" in US arms deliveries for Israel's war effort in Gaza.
- Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday headed to the US for talks on the next phase of the Gaza war and the hositilities against Hezbollah on the Lebanon border.
- Israeli tanks advanced to the edge of the Mawasi displaced persons' camp to the northwest of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, witnesses said Sunday.
- An aerial drone likely launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck and damaged a vessel in the Red Sea on Sunday, officials said, in the latest attack by the group targeting the vital maritime corridor.
- At least 37,598 Palestinians have been killed and 86,032 injured in Israel's war in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 250 people were taken hostage, with about 120 remaining in Gaza, according to Israeli tallies. Many have been declared dead by Israeli authorities.
Yesterday’s key developments:
- Israeli strikes on Gaza City districts in the north of the Palestinian enclave on Saturday killed at least 24 people and wounded several others, according to health authorities in Gaza. The IDF said it struck two Hamas infrastructure sites in Gaza City.
- An Israeli national was found shot dead in a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank Saturday morning, Israel's army said, as violence surges in the occupied territory.
- A commercial ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden saw explosions near the vessel, authorities said Saturday, likely the latest attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels attempting to target the shipping lane.
- Israeli forces shelled tent camps for displaced Palestinians outside Gaza's southern city of Rafah late Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding another 50.
About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
(FRANCE 24 with AP, AFP and Reuters)
