The firing from the northern front continues, the bombings in Gaza intensify, and Biden lands in Israel: The IDF continues to attack the Gaza Strip with force, with an anti-tank missile fired at an IDF force on the Lebanese border tonight (between Tuesday and Wednesday). President Biden is expected to land in Israel at around 10 a.m., which will include meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials.
Regular updates
3:05 A.M.: Lebanon border: An anti-tank missile is fired at an IDF force that responds with artillery fire.
IDF attacks in Lebanon: Planes bombed Hezbollah targets \\ Photo: IDF Spokesperson
2:32 a.m.: After the failed dispatch to a Gaza hospital by Islamic Jihad, which is funded by Tehran, Iran's foreign minister blamed Israel on Twitter tonight, arguing that the world should unite against it. "Time is up," he wrote.
02:20: Palestinian reports: Bombing of Gaza continues.
00:50: President Biden took off for Israel.
BREAKING: Joe Biden arrives at Joint Base Andrews ahead of planned flight to Tel Aviv.
Jordan has cancelled the summit it was due to hold with Biden and Egyptian and Palestinian leaders in Amman tomorrow.https://t.co/xrK95ec1ix
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00:35: Definitively - IDF: "The explosion in the Gaza hospital - as a result of a failed Islamic Jihad launch."
From the Israeli side: Islamic Jihad's failed documentation that caused the explosion in Gaza hospital
00:30: President Biden will not arrive in Jordan tomorrow: The country's quadrennial summit has been canceled, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry announced.
00:15: Hezbollah issued a statement condemning Israel for the explosion at the Gaza hospital. "The peoples of the nation must act immediately and take to the streets to express their outrage, and to pressure governments and countries, everywhere."
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