Middle East conflict

No civilian casualties have been reported

The total number of victims of the escalation of the conflict in Gaza since October 2023 has increased to 74,030

Most of the victims were brought from the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood and the Nuseirat refugee camp, where Israeli forces had been conducting intense fire

Intense airstrikes targeted underground shelters, command posts, and depots belonging to the Shiite organization Hezbollah on the heights of Jebel al-Rafi, Rayhan, and Sajoud

The statement linked the alert with hostilities involving Iranian-supported Houthis and warned that the "military conflict has the potential to escalate rapidly"

Badr al-Busaidi said the decision was made "in the interests of consensus"

A ministry spokesman said several people were injured in the attacks

Eighty-two civilians have been wounded

The Lebanese army rejected Israel’s claims that it was allegedly unable to fulfill the mission of ensuring security in the so-called pilot zones

Haaretz cites sources from a new book on the incident as saying that about ten days before the attack, UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan called Benjamin Netanyahu to warn him that Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar was preparing a major attack on Israel