Israeli Tank Accidently Hits Egyptian Post; Netanyahu Warns Hezbollah Against Joining War With Hamas | Top Points

As the war between Israel Defence Forces and Hamas militants is likely to rage amid escalation by Iran and proxies, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a stern warning to Hezbollah said that joining the war would be “its biggest mistake ever” adding that they will be crippled with the unimaginable force.

“The meaning for (Hezbollah) and for the state of Lebanon joining the war will be devastating, but we are prepared for any scenario,” Netanyahu said during a visit to Israeli troops on Sunday where he was briefed about the country’s counteroffensive in the north during which they eliminated hundreds of terrorists and saved dozens of civilians.

On the other hand, the IDF on Sunday accidentally fired and hit an Egyptian port adjacent to the border in the area of Kerem Shalom.

Here are today’s top updates of the Israel-Palestine war:

• PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday visited the IDF Commando Brigade in the north where he was briefed about Israel’s fierce combat, during which they eliminated hundreds of terrorists.
• Netanyahu warned Hezbollah against joining the Hamas war with Israel and said it would be their biggest mistake.
• IDF warplanes on Sunday killed Muhammad Katamash, the deputy head of Hamas’s regional artillery array, responsible for fire and artillery management in the Central Camps Brigade.
• A special flight carrying 143 persons, including two Nepalese citizens and four infants left for India from Israel on Sunday under ‘Operation Ajay.’
• India’s medical aid and disaster relief material to Palestinians in Gaza amid a war with Israel arrived in Egypt on Sunday.
• IDF on Sunday accidentally fired and hit an Egyptian port adjacent to the border.
• Egypt’s military spokesman said an unspecified number of border guards sustained “minor injuries” from accident Israeli firing, Times of Israel reported.
• US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday said that the US will take “appropriate action” in response to any escalation in the Middle East.
• The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees on Sunday said that 29 of its staff had been killed in Gaza since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel.
• Palestinian health ministry on Sunday said that the number of children killed in Gaza since the start of a war between Israel and Hamas has risen to 1,873.
• The Israeli police said that the bodies of 769 civilians killed in Hamas’s October 7 onslaught have been identified.
• Palestinian health ministry on Sunday said that the number of children killed in Gaza since the start of a war between Israel and Hamas has risen to 1,873.
• At least 4,651 people have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war sparked by Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel, the Hamas health ministry said.
• Israel on Sunday said it struck an “underground terror route” at a mosque in the northern West Bank city of Jenin where members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad were sheltering.
• A convoy of 17 trucks bringing aid to besieged Palestinians crossed into Gaza on Sunday.
• Thousands gathered in the French capital Paris for the first authorised pro-Palestinian demonstration since the October 7 Hamas attack after France announced support for Israel.