IDF says fighter jets hit Hezbollah targets near Lebanese border
Israel's military said in a statement today that its fighter jets struck a military structure and observation post belonging to the Hezbollah miliant group near its border with Lebanon.
The statement added that the strikes in the area near the village of Ramyeh came a day after the Israel Defense Forces hit "terrorist infrastructure," near Naqoura, a small city on Lebanon's southwestern coast.
NBC News could not independently verify the claims.
Red paint smeared across the Dutch foreign ministry
Red paint was smeared across the building belonging to the foreign ministry in the Netherlands this morning.
A pro-Palestinian group that has accused the Dutch government of being complicit with Israel in its war in Gaza, is believed to be behind the vandalism.
Tons of flour, rice and canned foods remain in warehouse, days after arriving by sea
TEL AVIV — Tons of flour, rice and canned foods that were unloaded from the Open Arms ship on Saturday, are yet to be distributed, the charity which organized the delivery has said.
World Central Kitchen, which collected the aid and organized for it to be sailed across the Mediterranean Sea from Cyprus, said today that the aid was still in a warehouse.
The charity has not said why it it has not been distributed or when they expect to start handing it out.
World Central Kitchen, which was launched by celebrity chef José Andrés and runs a network of kitchens across the Gaza Strip, said it was already loading a second boat with tons of food for people in the enclave.
E.U.'s top diplomat confident about sanctions on West Bank settlers and Hamas
The European Union’s foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell said today that he was confident the bloc would find an agreement to impose sanctions on both Hamas and violent Israeli West Bank settlers.
“It seems that today all will agree on putting sanctions on both Hamas and the violent settlers who are harassing Palestinians in the West Bank,” he told reporters ahead of a foreign ministers meeting in Brussels.
Israel releases footage purporting to show forces under fire near Al-Shifa hospital
TEL AVIV — Grainy footage purporting to show Israeli forces under fire near Gaza City's Al Shifa Hospital has been released by the country's military and security agency, Shin Bet.
They said it showed the detonation of an explosive device near Israeli troops from the medical complex, as well as soldiers receiving fire near the facility.
NBC News could not immediately independently verify the video.
Israeli spy chief leads delegation to Qatar for cease-fire talks
TEL AVIV — An Israeli delegation led by David Barnea, the director of the country's Mossad spy agency, has departed for Qatar for ongoing cease-fire negotiations, an Israeli official told NBC News today.
Although there was little optimism about a breakthrough in this round of talks, the official said all sides remained under intense American pressure to try to get to a deal.
Al-Shifa raid forces vulnerable Palestinians away
Civilians flee with their belongings after the Israeli forces raided the Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza City this morning.
Israeli forces launch overnight raid on Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital
TEL AVIV — Israel's military launched an overnight raid on Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital, which it said was being used as a Hamas command center.
Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a briefing early this morning that Israeli forces were conducting a “high-precision operation” in limited areas of the hospital after receiving “concrete intelligence that demanded immediate action.”
The IDF learned that senior Hamas members had “regrouped” inside the hospital and were using it to command attacks against Israel, Hagari said. He added there was no obligation for patients or medical staff to leave the hospital and a corridor would be established for those who wanted to leave.
Israeli forces had already raided the hospital — once considered Gaza’s main medical facility — in mid-November.