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According to the Israeli ambassador there, an attack on his country’s representation was foiled in Stockholm. According to a media report, the US destroyed ten drones in Yemen. All developments in the live blog.
South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has accused Israel of ignoring the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) recent ruling on the genocide case. “Hundreds of people have been murdered in the last three or four days,” Pandor said, according to local media reports, referring to the Israeli military operation in Gaza. This suggests, for example, attacks on a hospital with which Israel ignored the instructions of the UN court, said the minister. According to South Africa’s chief diplomat, Israel is “clearly doing what it wants to do.
Last week, the ICJ in The Hague ordered the Israeli government to take immediate measures to protect civilians in the Gaza Strip. Israel must do everything it can to prevent genocide and ensure that humanitarian aid reaches the population.
The Israeli military says it has killed “dozens of terrorists” in fighting in the Gaza Strip since Wednesday. There were fighting in the north, center and south of the coastal area. In the southern city of Khan Yunis, where the focus of the Israeli offensive against the terrorist organization Hamas has been for several weeks, the military has used direct air strikes and close combat.
US forces say they have shot down three Iranian drones over the Gulf of Aden. The drones were shot down by the US destroyer “USS Carney” at 9:10 p.m. local time, the US regional command Central Command (Centcom), which is responsible for the Middle East, said in the short message service X, formerly Twitter. The drones were “near” the warship. The US military did not provide any information about what kind of drones were involved. The unmanned aircraft can be used for both attacks and reconnaissance.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will not agree to a possible new agreement on a ceasefire in the Gaza war and the release of more hostages “at any price.” A new framework agreement is being worked on to release the Israeli hostages still held by the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip, “but I emphasize – not at any price,” Netanyahu said in the evening, as the Times of Israel newspaper reported.
“We have red lines,” Netanyahu said, reiterating previous statements that Israel would not end the war, withdraw its troops from the Gaza Strip and not release “thousands of terrorists” from Israeli prisons in exchange for a hostage deal.
According to a media report, the USA shot down ten drones in western Yemen that were apparently about to take off. “A senior defense official in Bahrain just informed us that ten minutes ago F-18 ‘Super Hornets’ bombed 10 unmanned drones in western Yemen that were preparing to take off,” wrote CBS Evening News Editor-in-Chief Norah O ‘Donnell, on the short message service X.
According to the Israeli ambassador there, an attack on his country’s representation was foiled in Stockholm. There was an attempted attack against the Israeli embassy and its employees, said Ambassador Ziv Nevo Kulman on the online service X, formerly Twitter. The Swedish police spoke of a “dangerous object” that had been found on the embassy premises.
A defusing squad came to the conclusion that it was a “sharp” object and “destroyed” it, Daniel Wikdahl of the Stockholm police told the AFP news agency. The embassy informed the police about the discovery of the item in the early afternoon. An investigation has been initiated, said Wikdahl. He did not provide any further details about the item.
The Swedish newspapers “Expressen” and “Aftonbladet” reported that it was a hand grenade. According to Aftonbladet, she was thrown over the fence onto the embassy grounds. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson spoke of a “very serious” situation. An attempted attack on an embassy is also an attack on Sweden, he emphasized on X.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu demands that the mission of the Palestinian relief organization UNRWA be ended. US Secretary of State Blinken is traveling to the Middle East again this week for diplomatic talks. All developments can be read in the live blog.