Four people are killed in Wadi Saluki, Lebanon, during a shelling by Israeli soldiers. Hamas also launches 12 rockets from southern Lebanon towards Kiryat Shmona, wounding two people. (The National)
The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, Gaza's only medical facility serving cancer patients, is forced to suspend operations after running out of fuel. Sixteen of the Gaza Strip's 35 hospitals and more than 50 of its 72 primary healthcare clinics are now unusable. (Al Jazeera)
The number of victims of the Israeli bombings of the refugee camp exceeds 1,000 with 195 confirmed killed, 120 still missing, and at least 777 injured. (Al Jazeera)
UNICEF estimates that more than 3,500 children have been killed during the war, saying that "children have endured too much already, the killing and captivity of children must stop". (The Courier)
Israel strikes a UNRWAschoolyard in the Al-Shati refugee camp where thousands of displaced people are taking shelter. The strikes come after five Palestinians were killed in an earlier raid targeting areas near the school. (Al Jazeera)
Eleven bakeries in Gaza have been destroyed in airstrikes during the war, according to the UN relief agency. (Al Jazeera)
At least 9,061 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war began, including at least 3,760 children. (The Business Standard)
At least 60 people are detained overnight across the West Bank. The total number of Palestinians detained since the war started now exceeds 1,800 with about half of them being held in administrative detention. (Al Jazeera)
The IsraeliMinistry of Labor reports that the country's agricultural sector is suffering "significant damage" due to an exodus of thousands of foreign workers. More than a quarter of the nearly 30,000 foreign workers have left the country and about 20,000 Palestinian agricultural workers have not been allowed to enter Israel. (Al Jazeera)
Six people are killed during heavy rains in the region of Tuscany, Italy, with riversflooding and causing damage. Several roads and highways are closed amid landslides, and dozens of buildings are damaged. Severe damage also occurred in Campobasso, Molise, evacuations are being made in Veneto with highways being closed, and emergency calls occurred in Rome. In Sardinia, strong winds fueled fires that burned hectares of vegetation, while a man is killed in Capoterra, and in Tortolì an entire sawmill burned down. (Rai News)
A study published in the journal Nature reports that reanalysis of skeletal remains from Spain suggests that large-scale warfare occurred in Europe about 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic period. (The Guardian)(Nature)