Israel-Hamas War: What happened on Day 260?

Senior US officials told Israeli officials that in the event of war in the North with Hezbollah, the US was ready to provide Israel with all the support it needed, according to a CNN report.

According to the report, the promise was conveyed to Israel at a meeting held by Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and National Security Council head Tzachi Hanegbi in Washington this week.
  
 
 
 

Renovation and reconstruction work at Shifa Hospital have most likely begun, various media outlets in the Arab world reported on Friday.

While the IDF is still operating against the terror organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip, reconstruction work at Shifa Hospital has likely already underway. Footage circulating on social media shows the damaged structure with visible scaffolding outside, indicating that renovation work has likely commenced.

On October 27 of last year, an IDF spokesperson revealed intelligence indicating that Hamas had established its main command center and additional headquarters underneath Shifa Hospital. These headquarters were intended to be used as a human shield and prevent IDF attacks on terrorist infrastructure and senior Hamas members. Moreover, footage was also released showing Israeli hostages being led into the hospital by armed terrorists on October 7.

A merchant vessel reported an explosion in its vicinity 126 nautical miles east of Yemen's port city of Aden, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said late on Friday.

"The crew are reported safe and the vessel is proceeding to its next port of call," UKMTO said in an advisory note, without identifying the vessel.

UAV attacked multiple targets in the al Bukamal area in the eastern part of Syria, near the border with Iraq, local media reported on Friday night.

The attack targeted a truck in the area of al Bukamal city and a military base which lead to a large explosion, according to later reports by sources affiliated with Syrian President Bashar al Asad's regime.

It is unclear whether the strike was Israeli or American, however, according to reports in Syria, the attack was carried by US forces.

The Kuwaiti Foreign Affairs Ministry has called on its citizens who are currently in Lebanon to leave the country due to fears of escalation and the transition to full-scale war between the Hezbollah terrorist organization and Israel.