Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has pledged to launch a ground offensive in Gaza following Hamas’s surprise attack.
Israeli forces continue pounding the Gaza Strip for a fifth day, killing at least 950 Palestinians. The death toll in Israel has climbed to 1,200 people.
Israeli forces sharing ‘doctored’ video: Monitor
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has shared a “doctored” video showing a “deeply disturbing potential war crime”.
“The IDF posted a doctored video alleging eliminating combatants. But their own footage shows said individuals unarmed, raising their hands up & kneeling down to surrender before IDF soldiers execute them from the back,” the monitor said on X.
“The crime scene has then been doctored & assault rifles appear to have been added to the bodies. These individuals may have been civilians who crossed the fence after its collapse. Their killing as they surrendered is an act of extrajudicial execution that constitutes a war crime.”
Brother of Hamas military commander killed in air strike
The brother of senior Hamas commander Mohammed Deif has been killed in Israeli air strikes, Hamas-affiliated media has reported.
Abdul Fattah Deif and some other relatives were killed during the air raid on Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip, according to the reports.
Mohammed Deif has survived numerous Israeli attempts to kill him. He is the commander of the Hamas military arm Al-Aqsa Brigades.
In August 2014, Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed Mohammed’s wife and his seven-month-old son at the house of a family they were staying with.
Al Jazeera