The Gaza Strip was the scene of air raids and fierce clashes on Thursday. A senior local official reports fighting near Gaza City (north) and Khan Younes (south) The US military said it shot down four drones launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday.
Lebanese Hezbollah announced that it had launched a salvo of rockets on northern Israel in retaliation for a nighttime bombing, blamed on the Jewish state. The Hamas Health Ministry announced a new toll of 32,490 people killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war.