Israel - Hamas War : Israel strikes Hezbollah sites after drone attack - Death Toll crosses 11,000
Nevertheless, as the death toll increased and combat between Israeli forces and Hamas terrorists near and around hospitals worsened, Netanyahu's nation came under increasing international pressure, particularly from its principal partner the United States, to take greater action to defend Palestinian people in Gaza.
• In retaliation for missile and drone assaults on Israeli forces in the north on friday, the israel Defence Forces claim to have hit several Hezbollah locations in southern Lebanon. According to the Israeli military, among the locations were a weapons storage and an "intelligence infrastructure" from which the terror cell launched assaults against Israel.
The Lebanese terror group Hezbollah targeted army outposts in northern israel on friday with missiles and drones, gravely injuring four Israeli troops. Following the missile's impact on an army station close to the northern village of Menara, the israel Defence Forces reported that three troops had suffered significant injuries. Later, a drone carrying explosives attacked a group of soldiers on the northern data-border, critically wounding two more soldiers. The missile and drone assaults were attributed to the terrorist organization Hezbollah.
On a visit to india on friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the toughest remarks he has ever made to reporters on the situation of civilians caught in the crossfire in Gaza: "Far too many Palestinians have been killed; far too many have suffered these past weeks."