Gaza Civil Protection: "Israeli raid kills 6 people in a hospital". LIVE

An Israeli attack killed six people and wounded about 20 at the Nasser hospital in southern Gaza. The Israeli military confirmed the attack, saying it targeted "a high-ranking Hamas terrorist and other terrorists from Hamas' military wing" who were operating within the hospital facility.

Meanwhile, according to reports in the Israeli media, the Israeli security cabinet, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered the army to intensify preparations for a possible attack on Iran. The news comes after Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot issued a statement urging Netanyahu to refrain from deploying the army "in the absence of a direct and immediate threat" until the next government is formed.

After Netanyahu's ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority in October elections, Eisenkot was given the opportunity to form a new government.

"The disastrous situation in Gaza is no longer the focus of Western media attention. A silent genocide is underway, which receives almost no attention. It is shameful. And it demonstrates that Israel has succeeded in one aspect of its attempt to start wars to divert attention from its failures." Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote this on X, posting photos of starving children in Gaza among flooded tents.

Two supertankers, carrying over four million barrels, were hit by a "violent explosion" while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, along a route that the Pasdaran defined as unauthorized. In a statement published by Iran's Tasnim news agency and quoted by Al Jazeera, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the tankers were blocked overnight after ignoring repeated warnings from the traffic control center that the southern route through the Strait was "unauthorized and dangerous." Both boats are currently on fire.

The chief of Iranian negotiators, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said that if the conditions set by Iran are met by the United States it will be possible to continue talks between Tehran and Washington. "Now the ball is in the United States' court, they must make a decision and communicate it," said Ghalibaf, in an interview with Al Jazeera reported by the Iranian press, mentioning some of Tehran's requests, namely the end of the US naval blockade on Iranian ports, a stop to interference in the Strait of Hormuz, the withdrawal of additional American forces deployed in the region following the conflict, the lifting of sanctions, a ceasefire in Lebanon and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territory Lebanese. "These are the minimum conditions we have set; if they are met, we will be able to continue the negotiations," Ghalibaf said, confirming that he was still the head of the six-member negotiating delegation. Ghalibaf added that Qatar and Pakistan remain mediator countries while Russia, China and other countries in the region are also working to foster a rapprochement between Tehran and Washington. According to Mehr, Ghalibaf stressed that the Islamic Republic is ready to reach an agreement but to achieve this goal it is important that during the negotiations the future status of the Strait of Hormuz is defined with an agreement between the two coastal states, namely Iran and Oman, in accordance with international law. "We are not warmongers, we do not seek war and we do not want the war to continue," he said, adding that Iran will react firmly if there are new attacks by the US or Israel.

An Israeli attack killed six people and wounded about 20 at the Nasser hospital in southern Gaza; a civil protection official told AFP on Thursday. The Israeli military confirmed the attack, saying it targeted "a high-ranking Hamas terrorist and other terrorists from Hamas' military wing" who were operating within the hospital facility. The Civil Defense of the Gaza Strip - a relief agency operating under the authority of Hamas - said that the bodies of the victims and more than 20 wounded were removed from a building in the medical complex.