IDF says it found weaponry in a civilian residence in northern Gaza
Israeli troops found explosive devices, guns and rocket launchers in a civilian residence in the Jabalia camp, the IDF said in a statement, adding it also found a truck loaded with rockets near a school.
"IDF ground troops also directed aerial strikes on dozens of terrorists in the Gaza Strip," it said this morning.
The IDF said it also found "a Hamas launch site containing approximately 50 projectiles, some of which were loaded and ready to fire."
NBC News could not independently verify the report.
Palestinian activists call for a global strike
Palestinian activists have called for a global strike today, with the Palestinian Information Ministry saying that life in the Palestinian territories "came to a standstill."
"The local strike, called for by the national and Islamic forces in the West Bank, paralyzed all aspects of life, including public transportation, education, the financial sector, shops, and all sorts of businesses," it said in a statement.
It said the strike was held in light of the U.S. veto of the United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.
Activists across social media are using hashtags like "#StrikeForGaza," which has garnered thousands of posts as of this morning.
Israel has detained 142 women and girls in Gaza, Palestinian prisoners' group says
Israeli forces have detained 142 women and girls from Gaza in Israeli occupation prisons, "including infant girls and elderly women" arrested during its campaign in Gaza, The Commission for Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said in a statement yesterday.
“The Israeli occupation was carrying out horrific crimes against Gaza detainees,” the statement said, adding that the IDF refused to reveal the numbers of prisoners and their circumstances.
Until last month, a total of 260 people from Gaza have been detained and are classified as illegal combatants, it added.
IDF resumes military activities in Rafah
A four-hour humanitarian pause has come to an end in Rafah. The IDF said the standstill in military activity, from 10 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) to 2 p.m., was to allow supplies to be moved around southern Gaza.
IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee added in a post on X that the military would allow movement of civilians through a coastal road until 4 p.m. local time.
The IDF also called for residents in northern Gaza to evacuate south and said the southern part of the Salah al-Din road, the main artery of Gaza and earlier used to move south, was now a battlefield.
WHO adopts resolution on access for lifesaving aid into Gaza
The World Health Organization adopted a resolution yesterday aimed at addressing the current humanitarian situation in Gaza.
The resolution calls for the “immediate, sustained and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief, including the access of medical personnel,” while also urging for all parties to fulfill their duties, in accordance with international law.
The resolution is the first time that the United Nations has reached a consensus on the conflict since Oct. 7.
“It does not resolve the crisis. But it is a platform on which to build,” WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Mourners wait to collect lost relatives in Rafah
Relatives mourn next to the shrouded body of a loved one at Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah today.
One shower for every 700, one toilet for every 150 people in Gaza, WHO chief says
In a meeting yesterday, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said those in Gaza "are looking for shelter anywhere they can find it. But nowhere and no one is safe in Gaza," he added.
Ghebreyesus warned that increasing overcrowding in the southern part of Gaza is making the lack of food, water, shelter and sanitation worse and leading to the spread of disease.
“On average, there is one shower unit for every 700 people, and one toilet for every 150 people,” he said.
Israel says it has 'eliminated' a Hamas leader
The IDF said today it killed Emad Krikae, a commander of Hamas’ Shejaiya Battalion Krikae.
It did not specify the circumstances surrounding his death.
It said in a post on X that he was "responsible for anti-tank missile training in the Gaza City Brigade," before assuming his current role after the death of the previous leader.
NBC News has not verified the claims.
IDF: Six launches intercepted from Lebanon
Sirens sounded in northern Israel after missile launches were fired from Lebanon, according to the IDF, which said it had intercepted the attacks.
"IDF artillery is striking the sources of the fire," it said.
The IDF and the Lebanese militia-group Hezbollah have been exchanging fire for weeks now, which Hezbollah says is in support of those in Gaza.
NBC News could not independently verify the attacks.
Rep. Elise Stefanik on University of Pennsylvania president’s resignation: ‘One down, two to go’
House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y. — who recently went viral for engaging in a contentious exchange with university presidents at a congressional hearing on antisemitism — on Saturday praised the resignation of University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill.
“One down. Two to go,” Stefanik wrote on X. “This is only the very beginning of addressing the pervasive rot of antisemitism that has destroyed the most ‘prestigious’ higher education institutions in America.”
“This forced resignation of the president of @Penn is the bare minimum of what is required,” she added. “These universities can anticipate a robust and comprehensive Congressional investigation of all facets of their institutions negligent perpetration of antisemitism including administrative, faculty, funding, and overall leadership and governance.”
Magill stepped down Saturday after she faced widespread backlash for some of her remarks at the five-hour House hearing Tuesday — during which she and her counterparts at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were grilled over how their institutions responded to the rise in anti-Jewish hate since Hamas launched its attack in Israel on Oct. 7.