Israeli military chief pledges response to Iran

Israel’s military chief Herzi Halevi has told soldiers at a military base lightly damaged in Iran’s attack that Iran’s actions “will be met with a response”.

“We do not seek to expand the war, but we will cut off every hand that attacks our country,” says an Iranian army spokesperson, Al Jazeera reports.

Ten bodies have been recovered so far from a mass grave at Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, says a Gaza health official at the site.

Israeli settlers are continuing their deadly rampage in the occupied West Bank as more Israeli troops have been called in.

At least 33,797 Palestinians have been killed and 76,465 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive.