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Hezbollah targets army site in northern Israel
The Lebanese group says it conducted an artillery strike and a suicide drone attack on the “al-Raheb” military site near the border.
It said the strikes were carried out at 12pm (09:00 GMT) and 12:15pm respectively, adding that both of them hit the target directly.
Deir el-Balah faces mass exodus with 100,000 displaced in two days
Israel’s latest evacuation orders for the central city of Deir el-Balah have pushed more than 100,000 people out in less than two days, according to the Deir el-Balah municipality.
The Israeli military’s renewed offensive in the area has also forced 20 shelters out of service, the municipality said.
The newly displaced people are “exhausted” as they search for a place to stay to the west near al-Mawasi, Al Jazeera’ reported.
Hamas will send delegation to Cairo
Hamas has confirmed it will send a delegation to Cairo today.
In a statement by its media office, Hamas said the delegation will be headed by senior official Khalil al-Hayya.
As the ceasefire talks continue, Hamas called on Israel to agree to the principles laid out in the US-backed proposal from May 31 and to stop “obstructing” a deal.
Polio strikes Gaza again after 25 years, leaving a baby paralyzed
A 10-month-old baby in Gaza is now paralysed due to polio – the first case in the enclave in more than 25 years – the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has confirmed.
Talks to reach a Gaza ceasefire remain 'constructive,' says White House
White House claims that talks in Cairo to reach Gaza ceasefire have been “constructive”, but all sides must come together to implement proposed deal.
A US delegation plans to meet with mediators again on Sunday to try and close negotiation gaps.
Israeli shelling kills 11, injures 15 in Khan Younis
Overnight shelling by Israeli forces on two houses claimed the lives of at least 11 people, including two children and left 15 injured in southern Khan Younis, the Wafa news agency reports.
Israel’s military issues fresh orders for evacuation
Israel’s military issues fresh orders for residents to evacuate neighbourhoods in northern Gaza amid intense Israeli attacks in the north, centre and south of the Palestinian territory.
Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill six fighters, one child, security sources say
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Friday (Aug 23) killed at least six fighters and one child, according to security sources, as armed group Hezbollah responded with artillery rounds and rockets across the border.
The Israeli military has been trading fire with Iran-backed Hezbollah across Lebanon's southern border in parallel with the Gaza war, with hostilities ramping up recently amid fears that a full-scale regional war could erupt.
White House sees latest Gaza talks as constructive
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Talks in Cairo aimed at reaching a Gaza ceasefire have been "constructive," with some progress made, and all sides need to come together to work toward implementation of a proposed agreement, the White House said on Friday (Aug 23).
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that the discussions will continue on Friday with CIA Director Bill Burns and US Middle East envoy Brett McGurk representing the United States.
Border corridor becomes sticking point in Gaza truce talks
JERUSALEM (AFP) – A narrow stretch of land along the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt has emerged as the main stumbling block in negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants his country to permanently control the Philadelphi -- or Salaheddin -- Corridor, which it seized during the war sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack.
Proliferating evacuation orders sow chaos, confusion in Gaza
GAZA (AFP) - The Israeli military has issued so many evacuation orders in 10 months of war that many Gaza civilians no longer heed them, despairing of finding space or safety in the shrinking "humanitarian" zones.
Over the first three weeks of August, the Israeli army sent out 11 evacuation orders via flyers dropped from planes, text messages or social media.
