Live Update: Israel’s war on Gaza live: Air strikes target northern Gaza
- Israeli warplanes have launched three air strikes on Beit Lahiya in northeastern Gaza while gunfire has been heard from Israeli forces stationed east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
- Israel says it has opened the Zikim crossing into northern Gaza to allow the entry of humanitarian aid supplied by the UN and other international organisations.
- The office of Israeli President Isaac Herzog says it has received a letter from US President Donald Trump urging him to consider granting a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Israeli forces are conducting raids across the occupied West Bank, demolishing structures and detaining Palestinians.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 69,182 Palestinians and wounded 170,694 since October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks, and about 200 were taken captive.
