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Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel, Hezbollah exchange fire over border
By Nadine El-BawabJulia Reinstein,
8 days ago
As the Israel-Hamas war continues, tensions are escalating after the assassinations of two Hamas and Hezbollah leaders this week.
Latest Developments
Aug 7, 4:08 PM 27 killed in Gaza, IDF says Hamas weapons workshop found in Khan Younis
At least 27 people were killed in different parts of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health. Of those killed, 18 Palestinians were killed in eastern and central Khan Yunis.
The Israeli Defense Forces said they found a Hamas weapons manufacturing workshop in a tunnel below Khan Yunis in a statement Wednesday. -ABC News' Diaa Ostaz and Jordana Miller Aug 7, 2:52 PM Egypt advises airlines to avoid Iranian airspace
Egypt has issued a notice to all Egyptian airlines to not fly over Iranian airspace at times when Iran is conducting military exercises on Wednesday and Thursday.
Aug 7, 12:02 PM 59.3% buildings in Gaza Strip damaged or destroyed, CUNY analysis shows
A new map based on open-access satellite data shows the damage across the Gaza Strip through July 27, where an estimated 59.3% of buildings have been damaged or destroyed since Oct. 5, 2023.
According to the analysis, most of the destruction in July was in Rafah, where 750 additional buildings were damaged or destroyed last month, bringing the total infrastructural damage in the southernmost city of Gaza to 45.4%. AFP via Getty Images - PHOTO: Men stand before the collapsed minaret of a mosque following Israeli bombardment in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on July 17, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas.
The damage analysis of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite data was done by Corey Scher of CUNY Graduate Center and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University.
-ABC News' Camilla Alcini Aug 7, 11:54 AM 2 killed, 6 injured in Israeli strike on southern Lebanon
At least two people were killed and six others were injured in an Israeli drone raid on the town of Joya in southern Lebanon Wednesday.
The attack comes as Israel awaits a military response from Hezbollah or Iran after it assassinated leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas. Hezbollah said it carried out three retaliatory strikes on northern Israel on Wednesday -- attacking the Al-Raheb site with artillery shells, the Jal Al-Alam site with artillery shells and the Al-Malikiyah site with rockets. Aug 6, 3:35 PM IDF calls Sinwar terrorist following appointment, remains committed to killing him
Shortly after Hamas announced it appointed Yahya Sinwar as a the head of its political bureau after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, a spokesperson for the IDF said Israel remains committed to killing him.
"Yahya Sinwar is a terrorist, who is responsible for the most brutal terrorist attack in history - October 7th. There is only one place for Yahya Sinwar, and it is beside Mohammed Deif and the rest of the October 7th terrorists. That is the only place we’re preparing and intending for him," Daniel Hagari said in an interview with Al-Arabia. Aug 6, 2:43 PM Last Israeli designated missing after Oct. 7 attack confirmed dead
Bilha Yinon, the last hostage who was unaccounted for by the Israeli government, has now been confirmed dead.
Yinon was killed on Oct. 7, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Aug 6, 2:57 PM Yahya Sinwar will replace Haniyeh as head of Hamas political bureau
Hamas has announced that Yahya Sinwar will replace Ismail Haniyeh as the head of the group's political bureau after Israel's assassination of Haniyeh. Sinwar was the head of Hamas in Gaza.
Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images, FILE - PHOTO: Yahya Sinwar (2nd R), the new leader of the Hamas Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip and senior political leader Ismail Haniyeh (L), sits next to the son of Mazen Faqha, a Hamas leader who was killed, on March 27, 2017, in Gaza City.
Sinwar has a $400,000 bounty on his head following the group's Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
Sinwar was chosen unanimously in negotiations managed by leadership, according to a top Hamas official. -ABC News' Nasser Atta and Ghazi Balkiz Aug 6, 12:01 PM 'Hezbollah is obligated to respond' to Israel, Nasrallah says
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has vowed to respond to the Israeli assassination of senior official Fouad Shukr, and predicted a response from Iran after Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran last week.
Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters - PHOTO: Supporters listen to the speech of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah via a video display, during a commemorative ceremony marking the first week since the killing of Hezbollah's top commander Fuad Shukr, in Beirut, Lebanon Aug. 6, 2024.
"After the assassination of Commander Sayyed Fouad Shukr, Hezbollah is obligated to respond, and the enemy is waiting, anticipating, and calculating that every shout at him is a response. This Israeli weeklong waiting in anticipation -- for a Hezb response -- is part of the punishment, part of the response," Nasrallah said in a speech Tuesday.
Aug 6, 11:46 AM Multiple IDF troops injured in Rafah, humanitarian road closed
Several Israeli troops were injured and a humanitarian road was shut down after anti-tank missiles were fired toward them during operations in Rafah.
Injured troops have been evacuated to a hospital for medical treatment. The Kerem Shalom Crossing and the other entry routes for humanitarian aid are operating, according to the IDF. Aug 6, 11:32 AM Lebanon aims to prevent Hezbollah response to avoid wider war, says foreign minister
Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said the country is working to ensure that Hezbollah's response to Israel does not trigger a total war, saying, "It would not benefit any of the countries involved."
"Only those who want to incite conflict would gain from such a situation. We, as officials, do not want any war. Therefore, if a response is necessary, it should not be collective or so severe that it escalates into a broader conflict," Bou Habib said. Click here to read the rest of the blog.
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