Hezbollah leader warned the US that the conflict could widen if Israel did not stop its assault on Gaza. Read more at straitstimes.com.
GAZA/TEL AVIV/BEIRUT - Israel struck an ambulance near a Gaza hospital on Friday in an attack the military said targeted militants, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Mr Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesperson for the health ministry in Gaza, said 15 people were killed and 60 wounded when Israel struck an ambulance that was part of a convoy at Gaza’s biggest hospital, al-Shifa. Gaza health officials did not provide figures for the dead and injured. The Israeli military did not immediately provide comment on the incident.
On his second visit to the region since Oct 7, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken who met with Mr Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, urged Israel to allow aid to enter Gaza and saidSpeaking at a news conference, Mr Blinken called for a humanitarian pause, saying it would allow for aid to enter Gaza, facilitate the work to secure the release of hostages while enabling Israel to achieve its goal of defeating Hamas.
Israel’s military gave no evidence to support its assertion that the ambulance was linked to Hamas but said in a statement it intended to release additional information. PHOTO: AFPHezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in his first speech since Oct 7, warned the US that the conflict could widen if Israel did not stop its assault on Gaza.
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