- Iraq has been the site of strikes between US and Iran-backed forces amid Israel’s bloody war on Gaza.
- As a result of Israeli artillery fire, multiple persons have reportedly been injured.
- In the occupied West Bank, 1,094 buildings have been destroyed since the start of 2023, displacing at least 2,127 Palestinians.
Concerns about a significant escalation are growing as Iraq has been the site of strikes between US and Iran-backed forces amid Israel’s bloody war on Gaza. After a tumultuous day in the region that saw the assassination of a senior Iranian commander in Syria, the United States began attacking forces in Iraq that were friendly with Iran.
About thirty minutes before the attacks, a significant armed organization affiliated with Iran, Kataib Hezbollah, had taken credit for an attack on a US base in northern Iraq’s Erbil.
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As a result of Israeli artillery fire targeting the Palestine Red Crescent Society’s Khan Younis headquarters, multiple persons have reportedly been injured. Since October 7, Israel, according to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, has been “in a multi-arena war”.
Beit Lahiya’s residential structures have been extensively damaged, according to footage that Al Jazeera was able to gather and verify. At least fifty-five individuals have been arrested by Israeli soldiers during nocturnal raids in the occupied West Bank.
Uncertainty surrounds the connection between the two incidents, explosions have been heard over the Red Sea tourist city of Dahab, Egypt. Reconstruction has reportedly begun in Furush Beit Dajan and Deir Ballut, in the occupied West Bank, according to the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory.
In the occupied West Bank, 1,094 buildings have been destroyed since the start of 2023, displacing at least 2,127 Palestinians. Drone assaults over the Red Sea are getting worse, especially near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which links Yemen and Djibouti and is a vital route for international marine traffic.
At least two drone explosions occurred close to a cargo vessel that was traversing the strait, according to the UK Office of Maritime Trade Operations, however as of right now, both the crew and the ship are safe.
According to the suggested Egyptian truce plan, Israel would completely leave the Gaza Strip, liberate all Hamas hostages as well as a large number of Palestinian detainees, and establish a unified technocratic Palestinian government in the enclave.
