As the International Criminal Court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Israeli leaders from across the political spectrum united to condemn the decision pronounced by a three-judge panel of the United Nations court.
Palestinian politicians hailed the decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, concerning alleged war crimes committed in Gaza.
Yemen's Houthi group said they launched a bomb-laden drone attack on Israel's southern port city of Eilat, hitting a "vital target."
At least 12 paramedics from civil defence teams were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their centre in Duris, a village in Baalbek in eastern Lebanon, media reported.
Two men were killed in Israel's northern city of Nahariya in a rocket attack from Lebanon, Israeli authorities said.
According to the Ministry, at least 243 Palestinians were killed in the last 24 hours.
Israeli military chief Herzi Halevi's statement follows Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah's escalation warning to Israel as Gaza war continues to rage.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) last week launched a coordinated air and ground assault on Gaza after a very intense bombardment on Hamas targets.
The global oil market, that has been on a rollercoaster ride since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, experienced a second consecutive week of decline in prices.
There remained an uneasy peace between Israel and Palestine despite the peace accord facilitated by the US in the past but the acrimony never disappeared. Then on 7 October, without warning, Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers attacked Israel by air, land and sea, forcing millions of Israelis to run helter-shelter for safety.
