The IDF and the Shin Bet conducted a strike against Islamic Jihad terrorists and infrastructure in the Rafah area, ensuring no damage was caused to a nearby hospital. They emphasized their commitment to operating under international law and minimizing harm to non-combatants.
Iranian ambassador to the UN denies Iran's involvement in the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel but admits to arming, training, and empowering Palestinian terror groups. He also denies Iran's role in arming Houthi rebels in Yemen, despite US officials linking Iran to various terror groups in the region.
Israeli undercover forces, disguised as women and medical workers, raided a hospital in the West Bank and killed three Palestinian terrorists, including a Hamas operative planning an imminent attack. The Palestinian Health Ministry condemned the raid, while the IDF stated that hospitals are being used as shelters and bases for planning terrorist activities. Israel has come under criticism for its raids on hospitals, but the IDF maintains that it will continue to act against any threats to Israeli civilians.
Palestinian terrorists carried out a coordinated car-ramming and stabbing attack in central Israel, killing a 70-year-old woman and injuring 17 others. The attackers, from the West Bank, used multiple cars to ram civilians and allegedly stabbed a woman before stealing her car. Israeli security forces responded with a raid in the West Bank, resulting in one Palestinian killed and 10 wounded.
Human Rights Watch has acknowledged that evidence points to a misfired rocket by Palestinian terrorists causing a Gaza hospital explosion, contradicting far-left members of Congress who blamed Israel for the blast. The explosion at al-Ahli Arab Hospital resulted from a rocket-propelled munition commonly used by Palestinian armed groups. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib had blamed the Israel Defense Forces for the blast, while Israeli and US intelligence determined that a rocket from Palestinian Islamic Jihad had misfired. President Biden criticized the New York Times' coverage of the incident, and Human Rights Watch has called for an independent investigation.
Palestinian terrorists in Gaza launched a rocket barrage at southern Israel, injuring a foreign national. The attack came after the Israeli military carried out tank strikes toward the Strip following four rockets fired at Israel from there earlier. The rocket barrage was in response to the death of a hunger-striking member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group in Israeli custody. The IDF said 22 rockets were launched from Gaza at southern Israel in the latest attack. The Joint Operations Room of various Palestinian terror factions in the Gaza Strip took responsibility for the rocket fire.
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of Lucy Dee, who died from injuries sustained in a West Bank terror attack that also killed her two daughters. The family, who immigrated from the UK, hold dual citizenship. Dee's organs were donated and transplanted, saving the lives of five people. The terrorists responsible for the attack remain at large. Tensions have been high in the region due to recent rocket attacks, clashes, and terror incidents.