Live Updates: Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital evacuated after Israeli army’s warning

Monday, July 8, 2024

03:30 GMT — Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital evacuated after Israeli army’s warning

Medical teams in Gaza evacuated wounded Palestinians from al-Ahli Baptist Hospital after the Israeli military issued a warning to leave the Al-Daraj, Al-Tuffah and Old City neighbourhoods of Gaza City.

A medical source at the hospital who spoke to Anadolu Agency said the teams transferred the wounded and other patients from the hospital to medical facilities in northern Gaza.

The source said Israeli quadcopter drones were heavily present around the hospital, firing at civilians and prompting the medical teams to evacuate the hospital.

02:40 GMT — US military says four Houthi drones destroyed in past 24 hours

The US military's Central Command said in a statement that in the past 24 hours its forces destroyed two Houthi drones in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen while partner forces destroyed two Houthi drones over the Gulf of Aden.

"It was determined these systems presented an imminent threat to US, coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region. These actions were taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for US, coalition, and merchant vessels," the statement read.

02:31 GMT — Palestinian succumbs to his injuries from Israeli army gunfire in occupied West Bank

A young Palestinian man succumbed Sunday to injuries he sustained from Israeli army gunfire during an incursion into Jenin city in the northern West Bank.

Fawaz Hammad, the director of Al-Razi Hospital in Jenin, announced the death, saying that Ahmad Rashad Mahmoud Abu Al-Haija, 24, succumbed to his wounds inflicted during the Israeli aggressi on on Jenin and its refugee camp last Friday, according to the official Palestine news agency Wafa.

The agency reported that with Abu al-Haija's death, the number of Palestinians killed from the Israeli raid on Jenin last Friday rose to eight.

02:00 GMT — Hezbollah launches drone attack on Mount Hermon in Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights

The Hezbollah group said it launched a drone attack on Mount Hermon in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights where Israel has a key surveillance centre.

It said this was its first such bombing since it began trading fire with Israel on October 8, a day after its Palestinian ally Hamas attacked southern Israel, sparking the Gaza war. Hezbollah says it would halt operations only when the war ends.

Although it had hit other areas in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights repeatedly, Lebanon's Hezbollah said it was the first time to hit the military target that is at the highest elevation in the Israeli-controlled territory.

Our live updates from Sunday, July 7, 2024, click here.