An Israeli airstrike Friday on a refugee camp in northern Gaza killed at least 33 people including 21 women, the BBC reported, citing the Gaza Strip’s Hamas-run health authorities.
Qatar-based Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya reiterated the Palestinian group’s position that no hostages would be released “unless the aggression against our people in Gaza stops,” France24 reported.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Hamas was alive and will survive despite the death of Sinwar, Reuters reported. “His loss is undoubtedly painful for the Axis of Resistance, but this front did not cease advancing with the martyrdom of prominent figures,” Khamenei said. “Hamas is alive and will remain alive.”
G7 defense ministers meeting in Naples, Italy, are expected to focus on escalations in the Middle East as well as the war in Ukraine.
