Israeli fire during military raids in the occupied West Bank killed eight Palestinians, including four teenagers, and wounded another seven, Palestinian officials said Tuesday, as world leaders try to stop tensions in the Middle East from boiling over into a regional war.
An Israeli airstrike on a village in southern Lebanon killed four people, the country’s Health Ministry said. Later Tuesday, Lebanon’s Hezbollah launched a drone attack on northern Israel, wounding five people, in response to the killing of one of its fighters.
Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily strikes for the past 10 months during the war in Gaza.
Leaders in Egypt and Turkiye say they are exhausting all avenues possible to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from becoming a wider regional conflict after the killings of a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and Hamas’ top political leader in Iran. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet over the weekend that Israel is already in a “multi-front war” with Iran and its proxies.
The only corridor for humanitarian aid to enter southern Gaza has been shut down, apparently because of fighting in the area. The Palestinian territory has been plunged into a severe humanitarian crisis in the war ignited by Hamas’ October 7 attack into Israel.
humanitarian aid corridor shut down: The only corridor for humanitarian aid to enter southern Gaza has been shut down, apparently because of fighting in the area.
The Israeli military said that the Kerem Shalom crossing was open, but the humanitarian route leading from the crossing into the city of Rafah was closed Tuesday until further notice.Hamas’ armed wing said it attacked an Israeli tank in the area. It is not possible to confirm battlefield reports in Gaza.
International experts said in June that Gaza was at “high risk” of famine.
Aid groups say efforts to bring in desperately needed food and supplies have been hindered by Israeli restrictions, ongoing fighting and the breakdown of law and order.