While the ICJ hearing was taking place in The Hague, here is what happened in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, according to Al Jazeera:

  • Israel’s air force says it killed 10 Hamas fighters near the Maghazi camp in central Gaza.
  • Israeli bombing near Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital in Deir el-Balah, in central Gaza, killed at least eight people. Four medics with the Palestine Red Crescent were also killed.
  • Israeli forces arrested 28 more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, bringing the total number of arrests since October 7 to 5,810, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
  • Continuing attacks in central and southern Gaza put three more hospitals at risk of closing.

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