At least 56 people have been killed and dozens injured in Israeli strikes across Gaza since Thursday morning, medical sources say.
Wafa news agency, citing local and medical sources, said at least 32 Palestinians had been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza City and Khan Younis.
Israeli airstrikes hit a cluster of houses in central Gaza's al-Bureij camp, and the nearby al-Nuseirat camp. Nuseirat and Bureij are among the densely populated enclave's eight historic camps.
Israeli aircraft also bombed a house in the heart of Gaza City in the north, while another airstrike hit the southern city of Khan Younis, according to medics.
Later on Thursday, 15 Palestinians were killed and 30 injured in Israeli bombings of two schools east of Gaza City, the territory's Civil Emergency Service said in a statement.
Dozens of Palestinian families were seen fleeing the eastern neighborhoods of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, as documented by activists and Palestinian media outlets.
This followed renewed forced displacement orders by the Israeli military issued in anticipation of a possible military onslaught. ......more below
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is preparing to leave the Trump administration after what a new report has described as months of tension with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, potentially triggering another change at the army’s top echelons.
According to the Friday report by The Wall Street Journal, Driscoll is expected to step down before the end of the year and could leave his post earlier. The newspaper cited people familiar with discussions over his departure.
The Journal reported that Driscoll and his family vacated the official residence assigned to the army secretary at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall this summer, a move that could indicate he was preparing to leave the position.
The reported departure would come at a time of continuing uncertainty at the top echelons of the army.
Hegseth abruptly removed Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George in April, while Trump has not yet nominated a permanent successo....more below
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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warns the enemies that any act of aggression against the Islamic Republic will not go unanswered.
In a statement on Thursday, the IRGC issued a “stern warning” to the enemies after US forces launched strikes against the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
Following the US military attack on a point on the outskirts of Bandar Abbas Airport with aerial projectiles, the IRGC carried out new strikes targeting the US air base from which the attack originated in the wee hours of Thursday, it added.
“This response is a serious warning to the enemy that they should know the act of aggression will not go unanswered,” the IRGC emphasized.
The elite military force warned of a “more decisive” response if the enemy repeated any act of aggression.
It also said the responsibility for the consequences of any IRGC response lies with the aggressor.
The statement comes after the IRGC Navy on Thursday forced an American tanker to turn back. The tanker ...
