Israeli artillery strikes Gaza City neighborhood; casualties reported

Several Palestinians were wounded when Israeli artillery struck the Zeitoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza City on Sunday evening. The Wafa news agency reported that a shell hit a home belonging to the Khuwaiter family near Salah al-Din Mosque, causing injuries. Ambulance and emergency services confirmed the casualties.

violence reported near Ramallah Two Palestinians died from wounds sustained in an attack by Israeli settlers on the town of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Three Palestinians were initially wounded, with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reporting a serious abdominal injury.

Local sources told Wafa that Israeli forces fired at an ambulance transporting one of the wounded to hospital. The incident is the latest in a surge of settler violence across Ramallah and the el-Bireh governorate, with attacks including beatings, live fire, property arson and damage to agricultural land, often carried out under the protection of Israeli forces.

regional developments Iran’s deputy foreign minister said the U.S. attack on the under-construction Darkhovin nuclear power plant is a dangerous assault on Iran’s peaceful infrastructure. Kazem Gharibabadi said he fully implicates the U.S. government in the consequences stemming from heightened insecurity and instability.

A missile struck the headquarters of the Iranian Kurdish opposition group Komala in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s northern Kurdish region. The group has blamed Iran for the attack, according to Iraq’s Shafaq News. Kuwait’s air defences responded to hostile drone attacks launched by Iran, the General Staff of the Kuwaiti Armed Forces said.