Israel-Hamas war day 328: What's happening in Israel, Gaza?

Four Israelis were injured in two nearby incidences in the Gush Etzion Regional Council in the West Bank on Friday night.

Two people were first injured after a car exploded near a gas station the Gush Etzion Junction. The IDF assessed that the explosion was an attempted terrorist attack that failed, during which, after the terrorist noticed his car was starting to burn, he got out and tried to attack workers at the station, but was killed by security guards, Ynet reported.

Workers began unloading some 3,577 pallets of humanitarian aid bound for civilians in the Gaza Strip at the Port of Ashdod on Friday, Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced.

The aid, which had arrived from Cyprus aboard the American Cape Trinity on Thursday, contains food, water, and medical supplies provided by the World Central Kitchen, the American Near East Refugee Aid, and the United States Agency for International Development.

The aid will be allowed to enter Gaza after it has cleared inspection, COGAT added.

The IAF struck several ready-to-use Hezbollah launchers in the areas of Maryamine and Yaroun in southern Lebanon, the IDF stated on Friday.

IDF artillery also reportedly struck a number of areas in southern Lebanon.

The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry stated on Friday that the death toll in Gaza has reached 40,602 since the war started on October 7 of last year.

A further 93,855 have thus far been wounded in the conflict, the Gazan ministry added.

The number has not been independently verified, and the ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its toll.

Settlers came to attack residents in the town of Huwara, south of Nablus, in the northern West Bank on Friday, Y-Net, citing local Palestinians, reported.

According to the Palestinians, the settlers blocked the main street, and some of them opened fire.
 

A senior Hamas official told the Hezbollah-affiliated al-Mayadeen on Friday that the ceasefire-hostage deal negotiation talks in Qatar have failed, and the negotiations are on the verge of collapse - despite Axios reporting that Hamas had delivered a list of security prisoners it expects to be released as part of the prospective deal.

The official blamed the collapse of talks on Israel's refusal to accept the proposal of the countries mediating the disputed issues, such as the Philadelphi Corridor and the identity of the Palestinian prisoners to be released.

The latest development in the discussions, according to Axios, is that Hamas delivered through mediators a list of hundreds of security prisoners it would want to see released in exchange for 33 hostages over the age of 50 or in serious medical condition.

Hezbollah-owned Lebanese channel Al-Manar reported that a heavy rocket was fired from Lebanon towards Metula on Friday.

The channel also reported that Israeli artillery fire at Kfar Kila area in southern Lebanon was conducted in response.
 

The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry stated on Friday that the death toll in Gaza has reached 40,602 since the war started on October 7 of last year.

A further 93,855 have thus far been wounded in the conflict, the Gazan ministry added.

The number has not been independently verified, and the ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its toll.

The Hamas-run ministry has also been repeatedly criticized for distorting casualty figures.

In May, departing from Hamas’s reported figures, the UN halved the number of women and children it had previously reported had been killed thus far in the war.

A senior Hamas official told the Hezbollah-affiliated al-Mayadeen on Friday that the ceasefire-hostage deal negotiation talks in Qatar have failed, and the negotiations are on the verge of collapse - despite Axios reporting that Hamas had delivered a list of security prisoners it expects to be released as part of the prospective deal.

The official blamed the collapse of talks on Israel's refusal to accept the proposal of the countries mediating the disputed issues, such as the Philadelphi Corridor and the identity of the Palestinian prisoners to be released.

The latest development in the discussions, according to Axios, is that Hamas delivered through mediators a list of hundreds of security prisoners it would want to see released in exchange for 33 hostages over the age of 50 or in serious medical condition.

Among the security prisoners are 150 serving life sentences for murdering Israelis, according to the report. Israel has demanded to veto 65 of those listed by Hamas and has demanded those serving life sentences will be unable to return to the West Bank or Gaza.