Jerusalem: Israeli strikes in northern Gaza have killed at least 47 people, Palestinian officials said Sunday, as Israel’s offensive in the area entered its third week.
In another incident, a truck crashed into a bus stop near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, injuring 35 people, according to first responders. Israeli police described it as an attack and said the attacker was an Arab citizen of Israel. The attack occurred near the headquarters of the Israeli spy agency Mossad.
Israeli strikes kill 47 in Gaza
Meanwhile, Iran’s supreme leader said Israeli attacks on the country over the weekend “should not be exaggerated or downplayed,” although he stopped short of calling for retaliation, suggesting Iran is carefully weighing its response to the attack.
On Saturday, Israeli warplanes attacked military targets in Iran in response to an Iranian ballistic missile attack earlier this month.
The exchange of fire has raised fears of an all-out regional war pitting Israel and the United States against Iran and its militant allies, which include Hamas and the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, where Israel launched a ground invasion earlier this month. after almost a year of lower level conflict.
The Israeli military said on Sunday that four soldiers, including a military rabbi, were killed in fighting in southern Lebanon, without providing details about the circumstances. Five other staff members were seriously injured, he added. An explosive drone and projectile fired from Lebanon wounded five people in Israel on Sunday, authorities said.
Egypt proposes ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
Egypt’s president says his country has proposed a two-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, during which four hostages held in Gaza would be freed.
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, speaking in Cairo, said the proposal also includes the release of some Palestinian prisoners and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip.
Egypt has been a key mediator along with Qatar and the United States. This is the first time that Egypt’s president has publicly proposed such a plan. There has been no immediate response from Israel or Hamas.
Netanyahu says Israel achieved all its goals after Iran attacks
Netanyahu says attacks on Iran achieved Israel’s goals Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He said Sunday that the attacks “severely damaged” Iran and achieved all of Israel’s goals.
“The air force attacked all of Iran. “We severely damaged Iran’s defense capabilities and its ability to produce missiles aimed at us,” Netanyahu said in his first public comments on the attacks.
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