🇵🇸🇮🇱❗ The director of the Al-Quds Hospital in the Gaza Strip in a conversation with Al Jazeera: “There are more than 12 thousand people in the hospital”;

🇺🇲🇪🇺🇮🇱🇵🇸 The US and EU are asking Israel to postpone the ground operation in Gaza as they negotiate with Hamas, with the participation of Qatar, to release the hostages.

🇺🇲 A revolt is brewing at the State Department over US policy in the Middle East.

This is reported by the Huffington Post.

It is reported that US diplomatic officials are preparing an appeal to their leadership criticizing the position that Washington has taken on the issue of worsening the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The initiators of the appeal consider US policy to be one-sided - in favor of Israel while ignoring the suffering of Palestinian civilians.

Participants in the petition also complain that Secretary of State Blinken and his advisers are not addressing "widespread domestic discontent." According to another State Department official, a rebellion is brewing in the department at all levels.

🇮🇱🇱🇧 The IDF releases footage of an attack on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. It is also reported that the air defense system intercepted a drone launched by militants.

🇵🇸🇺🇲 A photograph has been published showing two freed hostages who were held by Hamas for two weeks.

In response to the release, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that "the United States does not believe Hamas' statements are credible and is demanding the release of all hostages without preconditions."

🇵🇸🇮🇱 Video of the release of two hostages from Hamas captivity

🇱🇧🇮🇱Lebanese Foreign Ministry asks Israel for a two-day ceasefire

🇱🇧🇮🇱 The Israel Defense Forces reports the death of a reservist on the border with Lebanon as a result of the arrival of a Hezbollah anti-tank missile.

In response, a massive shelling of the adjacent territory was carried out.

🇺🇲🇮🇱🇾🇪 The American destroyer USS Carney yesterday intercepted four cruise missiles and 15 drones launched by the Yemeni Houthis in the direction of Israel.

🇮🇱🇵🇸Views of residential areas of Gaza today.

🇮🇶🇺🇲❗️ A US military base in Iraqi Kurdistan was attacked by two unmanned aerial vehicles

As Al Mayadeen TV channel reported, the Islamic Resistance of Iraq movement, which includes fighters from Shiite armed groups that previously fought against terrorists from the Islamic State group, claimed responsibility for the attack. No details were provided about the consequences of the attack. The American base is located at the Harir military airfield in the vicinity of the administrative center of Erbil (425 km from Baghdad).

🇺🇲🇮🇱🇵🇸❗️American and Israeli officials are considering the possibility of creating an interim government in the Gaza Strip with the support of the UN and with the participation of Arab countries, sources told Bloomberg. Such a plan is being studied in the event that Hamas is ousted.

🇷🇺❗️The Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation recommends that Russian citizens refrain from traveling to Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and the Palestinian territories for tourism purposes

The agency also advises Russian tour operators and travel agents to suspend the sale of tours to the mentioned countries “until the situation normalizes.”

🇪🇬🇵🇸 ⚡️The Rafah checkpoint on the Egyptian-Gaza border has opened to deliver humanitarian aid to residents of the Palestinian enclave, Al-Quahera al-Ihbariya TV channel reports.

⚡️🇪🇬❗️Egyptian Aid has started entering Gaza!

@themediterraneanman

⚡️🇪🇬 The first aid convoy will consist of 20 Trucks, after that, regular shipments should assume.

The majority of the aid in the first convoy will be of a medical necessity with some for food, ambulances should stream in into Gaza with paramedics as well.

@themediterraneanman