Balance of the day up to this moment
Nighttime Israeli raid on Gaza. The military said ground forces invaded the interior of Gaza and attacked dozens of military targets.
Extension of the conflict. U.S. warplanes launched airstrikes early Friday against two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a series of drone and missile attacks on U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week.
Unanimous request from humanitarian corridors. EU leaders have unanimously called for humanitarian corridors and “pauses.” during the war between Israel and Hamas. An official statement is scheduled to be issued following a two-day leaders’ summit in Brussels that concluded on Friday.
Number of hostages. The confirmed number of people held hostage in the Gaza Strip since the October 7 cross-border raids by Hamas has increased by five to 229, Reuters reports, citing the Israeli military.