Israel kills director of Indonesian Hospital in Gaza strike

The Israeli military has said that the air force has intercepted two rockets fired from Gaza to Sderot and Ibim, with no casualties being reported.

The Israeli army has announced that a soldier in the armoured corps has been killed in fighting in northern Gaza, with two other soldiers wounded in the same incident, according to Haaretz.

Separately, the army said that a soldier from the Egoz Unit was "severely injured" in fighting in northern Gaza.

17 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack on a building in the Zeitoun neighbourhood south of Gaza City, according to Al Jazeera.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Wednesday that it was time to reactivate a "snapback" on Iran, in an apparent reference to sanctions against Tehran, days after an air war between Israel and Iran concluded

Iran's western and central airspace is closed to international transit flights for safety reasons while the country's eastern airspace is open to flights, Iran's SNN cited a spokesperson for the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development as saying on Wednesday.

Internal and external flight cancellations in the northern, southern and western parts of the country have been extended until Thursday 14:00 local time, SNN added.

Hamas is reviewing new ceasefire proposals from mediators, aiming for an agreement that would end the Gaza conflict and ensure the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the enclave, according to a statement released on Wednesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Wednesday for the elimination of Hamas in his first public remarks since US President Donald Trump announced what he called a "final proposal" for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza.

"There will not be a Hamas. There will not be a Hamastan. We're not going back to that. It's over," Netanyahu told a meeting hosted by the Trans-Israel pipeline.

Trump said on Tuesday that Israel had agreed to US-proposed ceasefire conditions.

Dr Marwan Al-Sultan, director of the Indonesian Hospital, has been killed in an Israeli bombing in Gaza City.

Israeli warplanes targeted an area near the 17 Junction west of Gaza City. At least seven of his Al-Sultan's members were also killed with him in their home.
 

Switzerland has initiated proceedings to dissolve the Geneva branch of the controversial, U.S- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid group, citing legal shortcomings in its establishment.

The GHF began handing out food packages in the Gaza Strip at the end of May, overseeing a new model of aid deliveries that has drawn U.N. criticism over a perceived lack of neutrality in Gaza's war as well as the killings of hundreds of Palestinians in mass shootings near its distribution hubs.

The GHF is registered in the U.S. state of Delaware and had registered an affiliate in Geneva on February 12. It did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Swiss move to shut down its Geneva office.

"The ESA may order the dissolution of the foundation if no creditors come forward within the legal 30-day period," the Federal Supervisory Authority for Foundations (ESA) said.

Germany said on Wednesday that Iran's decision to suspend cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sends a "disastrous signal".

"For a diplomatic solution it is essential for Iran to work with the IAEA," foreign ministry spokesman Martin Giese told reporters, after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian formally enacted the suspension which followed Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear facilities.

The latest ceasefire deal that has been proposed by the US has greater assurances of ending the war, although it does not include a pledge to end the war, an Israeli source told Haaretz. 

If an agreement doesn't occur in the 60-day period mediators are required to ensure that negotiations continue "under certain conditions", according to the document.

Haaretz quoted the source as saying: "It's not just the wording. It's the overall tone, which allows Hamas to see how much the Americans want to, and are able to, push Israel in that direction.

Israel's demolitions of over 100 homes in the occupied West Bank are set to make 400 families homeless, according to Al Jazeera, which added that Palestinians from the Tulkarem refugee camp were attempting to recover their possessions within a two-hour window given by Israeli authorities before the start of the demolitions.

Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar called on Wednesday for global action against Iran's nuclear programme, after Tehran suspended its cooperation with UN watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Saar in a post on X called on Germany, France and Britain "to reinstate all sanctions against Iran" under a mechanism in a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, adding that "the international community must act decisively now and utilise all means at its disposal to stop Iranian nuclear ambitions."

The Hamas-run interior ministry in Gaza on Wednesday ordered the leader of a well-armed Bedouin clan defying the group's control of the Palestinian enclave to surrender and face trial, accusing him of treason.

A ministry statement said the decision was taken by what it called a "Revolutionary Court". Yasser Abu Shabab, who does not recognise the authority of Hamas and accuses the militants of hurting the interests of Gaza, has 10 days to surrender, it said.

The court urged Palestinians to inform Hamas security officials about the whereabouts of Abu Shabab, who has so far remained beyond their reach in the Rafah area of southern Gaza held by Israeli troops. There was no immediate response from his group to the surrender order.

Hamas, which accuses Abu Shabab of looting UN aid trucks and alleges that he is backed by Israel, has sent some of its top fighters to kill him, two Hamas sources and two other sources familiar with the situation told Reuters last month.

Abu Shabab's group told Reuters at the time that it is a popular force protecting humanitarian aid from looting by escorting aid trucks and denied getting support from Israel or contacts with the Israeli army. It accused Hamas of violence and muzzling dissent.

Israel has said it has backed some of Gaza's clans against Hamas, but has not said which.

Israel's far-right cabinet members Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich are planning to stop a Gaza ceasefire deal, with the two set to meet within hours to organise a response, according to Haaretz.

The two have consistently been against a ceasefire deal and have voted numerous times in cabinet against it, with Ben-Gvir resigning from his post as national security minister in January over the two-month ceasefire that saw a cessation of fighting, the release of Palestinian prisoners, Israeli captives, and a flood of aid into the enclave. 

Hamas suggested Wednesday that it was open to a ceasefire agreement with Israel, but stopped short of accepting a US-backed proposal announced by US President Donald Trump hours earlier, insisting on its longstanding position that any deal bring an end to Israel's war on Gaza.

Hamas official Taher al-Nunu said the militant group was "ready and serious regarding reaching an agreement."

He said Hamas was "ready to accept any initiative that clearly leads to the complete end to the war."

A Hamas delegation is expected to meet with Egyptian and Qatari mediators in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss the proposal, according to an Egyptian official. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorised to discuss the talks with the media.

Israel's foreign minister Gideon Saar on Wednesday said any opportunity to free hostages held in Gaza should not be missed, after US President Donald Trump said Israel had agreed to finalise a 60-day ceasefire.

"A large majority within the government and the population is in favour of the plan to free the hostages. If the opportunity arises, it must not be missed!" Gideon Saar wrote on X.

Israel may seek guarantees from the US to enable further strikes on Iran if the country attempts to rebuild its nuclear programme or arsenal of ballistic missiles, Israeli broadcaster Kan reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is set to travel to Washington next week, may ask for a written letter from the US, according to the report.

Israel and Iran fought a 12-day war that saw Israel and the US strike Iranian nuclear facilities.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has granted a final approval to a law to suspend cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog, state media said Wednesday.

"Masoud Pezeshkian promulgated the law suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency," state TV said, meaning the measure drawn up in the aftermath of Israel's war on Iran last month is now in effect.

The Houthis in Yemen have said they targeted Israel's Ben Gurion airport with "a Palestine-2 hypersonic missile".

The group said in a statement that "the operation had successfully achieved its goal".

The attack caused "millions to run to shelters and brought traffic at the airport to a complete stop", according to the statement.

It reiterated that the missile attack was carried out in support of Palestinians in Gaza who are facing "crimes of genocide".

The Israeli army said in a post on X that they had identified and intercepted a missile launched from Yemen towards Israel yesterday.