The death toll from Israeli strikes on Gaza has risen to 1,537, with 6,612 people wounded, the Gaza-based Health Ministry reported Thursday. Of those killed, 276 were women and 500 were under the age of 18, the ministry said. The militant Hezbollah group sent a drone over Israel on Thursday, according to an official with a Lebanese group familiar with the situation along the Lebanon-Israel border.
The Associated Press has the story:
1,537 killed in Gaza. Hezbollah sends drone over Israel
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DEATH TOLL IN GAZA HAS SURPASSED 1,500, HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS
JERUSALEM — The death toll from Israeli strikes on Gaza has risen to 1,537, with 6,612 people wounded, the Gaza-based Health Ministry reported Thursday.
Of those killed, 276 were women and 500 were under the age of 18, the ministry said.
The jump in the death toll comes as Palestinians report heavy Israeli airstrikes across the besieged Gaza Strip, with bombardment on residential buildings in densely populated city districts and refugee camps killing many family members at a time in their homes.
HEZBOLLAH SENDS DRONE OVER ISRAEL, OFFICIAL WITH LEBANON GROUP SAYS
BEIRUT — The militant Hezbollah group sent a drone over Israel on Thursday, according to an official with a Lebanese group familiar with the situation along the Lebanon-Israel border.
The drone was shot down over Israel, the official said, without elaborating further. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to comment to the news media.
An Israeli military spokesman wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, Thursday afternoon that an air-defense missile was fired in northern Israel but it turned out there was no target in the air
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT TO TRAVEL TO ISRAEL
BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Israel on Friday to express support for the nation in the wake of last weekend’s attack by Hamas.
Von der Leyen will be accompanied by European Parliament president Roberta Metsola, the commission said in a statement late Thursday. Von der Leyen has been one of the most outspoken European Union leaders in support of Israel since the attacks and the subsequent war with Hamas.
INTERNET CONNECTIVITY IN GAZA BELOW 20%, ANALYST SAYS
BOSTON — Internet connectivity in Gaza City has been below 20% since Tuesday, according to analyst Doug Madory of the network monitoring firm Kentik Inc., whose data shows outages began Saturday morning.
Madory said an internet provider in Gaza told him that Israeli air strikes had cut fiber optic cables. The provider declined to speak with an Associated Press reporter but Madory relayed his message: “Pray for us to stay alive and stop this war.”
BRAZIL SAYS ABOUT 20 CITIZENS SEEKING TO FLEE GAZA
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s foreign affairs ministry said Thursday that it had identified about 20 Brazilians seeking to flee Gaza, mostly women and children.
Many of them are currently sheltered in a local school, waiting for officials to find a safe passageway to the Egyptian border, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, 214 Brazilian citizens successfully left Israel in a second repatriation flight that landed in Rio on Thursday morning, with a third flight on its way, the ministry said in a statement.
