The French navy boarded a suspected Russian tanker, Boracay, off the coast of France, linked to mysterious drone flights over Denmark and part of Russia's shadow fleet used to bypass Western sanctions. France is investigating the vessel for serious offences, amid broader European efforts to curb Russia's circumventing of sanctions and its alleged hybrid warfare activities.
The US has resumed drone flights over Gaza in support of Israel's hostage recovery efforts, while the UK announced surveillance flights to help locate hostages. Israel Defense Forces claim to have killed two senior Hamas members in an attack on Hamas' central intelligence command center. Lebanon alleges that Israeli artillery shelled a border town with white phosphorus. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges Israel to do more to protect civilians and provide humanitarian assistance in Gaza. Gal Meir Eisenkot, son of Israeli government minister Gadi Eisenkot, has been killed in northern Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues a warning to Hezbollah during a visit to northern Israel. Israel has received 200 cargo planes of military equipment from several countries. Doctors Without Borders reports that more corpses than injured are arriving at a Gaza hospital. The IDF releases a photo of senior Hamas officials killed in Gaza military operation.
The US has resumed surveillance drone flights over the Black Sea region following a Russian fighter jet intercept on Tuesday that led to the downing of a US surveillance drone. The downing of the drone was the first direct US-Russian incident since the Ukraine war began, worsening already tense relations between Washington and Moscow as both countries publicly traded blame.
