Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says forces have passed the outskirts of Gaza City, while Hezbollah attacks Israeli border positions.
Israeli forces have passed the outskirts of Gaza City in their advancement in the strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, while the country faces attacks from Hezbollah on Israeli posts near the shared northern border.
"We're at the height of the battle. We've had impressive successes and have passed the outskirts of Gaza City. We are advancing," Mr Netanyahu said.He also said in a press briefing that the government had not made any decision about transferring fuel to Gaza. "But in the morning we discover the Israeli forces are still outside the city, in the outskirts and that means the resistance is heavier than they expected."Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah said it attacked an Israeli army post in a disputed area with two explosive suicide drones.The Shebaa Farms have been held by Israel since the 1967 Middle East war, but both Syria and Lebanon claim the area is Lebanese.
The head of the World Health Organization called the situation on the ground in the Gaza Strip "indescribable" on Thursday, citing the forced evacuation of hospitals that would put the lives of hundreds of patients at risk.In Gaza's busiest hospital, doctors do what they can to treat a tidal wave of desperate patients injured in Israeli air strikes. WARNING: Some readers might find the details and images in this story distressing.
"We will not be instrumentalized in this. We will not become a party to this... Our job is to save lives. That is our only job," he said. The experts warned of the "dire need" for food, water, medicine, fuel and essential supplies and the risk of looming health hazards.The Israeli military has claimed Palestinian militants shot and killed an Israeli civilian in the northern part of the occupied West Bank Thursday local time.
"We asked for this. I suppose it is being discussed. There is a leaning, here in Europe, to help in humanitarian matters in any way possible."Sunak and UN agree more aid is needed
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