Welcome back to our live coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas.
An Israeli mother whose daughter was brutally killed by Hamas in front of her and whose husband was abducted has shared a horrifying account of what happened.
The deadly rampage was filmed by the terrorists and callously uploaded on the woman’s Facebook account. Gali Idan has now spoken about the ordeal to raise awareness about her husband’s plight.
There has been more carnage in Gaza with a new video emerging purportedly showing at least a dozen Gaza residents shot dead in the streets by Hamas terrorists as they were attempting to flee from the north to the south of the Hamas-controlled region.
The footage comes as the leader of militant group Hezbollah made a much anticipated speech early on Saturday morning (AEST) – his first since the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas.
There were concerns Hassan Nasrallah, who runs the Iranian backed anti-Israel militant group, could escalate the conflict with Israel leading to a war on two fronts.
He didn’t go that far. At least not yet.
Nasrallah said “all options are open” depending on Israel’s actions in Gaza. The US immediately warned Hezbollah not to “take advantage” of the conflict.
But one particular comment Nasrallah made raised eyebrows. He sought to distance both Hezbollah and its backer Iran from Hamas’ October 7 massacre that killed 1400 Israelis saying it was a “100 per cent Palestinian” organised attack which had been “kept secret” from all others.
The video of the family being held hostage that was livestreamed on Facebook. Picture: CNN
Gali Idan speaking to CNN. Picture: CNN
Meanwhile, Israel has admitted it carried out a deadly attack on a convoy of ambulances leaving Gaza City saying Hamas was using the vehicles to transport terrorists.
Around 15 people are thought to have died.
But a Hamas spokesman denied the allegations and said the group holds “United States of America and the international community responsible” for the strike.
Israel fires missile at Hamas leader’s house
An Israeli drone fired a missile at the Gaza house of Hamas’ leader Ismail Haniyeh who is currently outside the enclave, Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa Radio reported on Saturday.
It was unclear whether any of his family members were at the house when it was struck.
Haniyeh, Hamas’ political chief, has been outside the Gaza Strip since 2019, residing between Turkey and Qatar.
