Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
Here are the latest updates from the Israeli war on Gaza:
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The Israeli attacks overnight have flattened at least 11 residential buildings across the Gaza Strip, killing 71 Palestinians, including newborn babies, children and women, according to Al Jazeera.
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Yemen's Houthi rebels said they launched a hypersonic missile at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport. The Israeli military said it intercepted the missile before it entered the country’s territory.
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French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have agreed to co-chair a conference on the two-state solution “to help revive a political perspective for both Israelis and Palestinians”.
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The US military air strikes hit Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen for the fifth night in a row. The attack on the province of Hodeidah and a wedding hall under construction in the capital Sanaa injured several people.
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The Israeli military has continued raids and carried out arrests across the occupied West Bank.
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The UN’s humanitarian aid chief Tom Fletcher has called the killing of a UN staff member and the wounding of five others in an attack in Gaza “infuriating,” said the UN demands “answers.”
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Palestine’s mission to the United Nations called UN Security Council to "stop Israeli war machine", saying any failure to do so "will further undermine any shred of credibility the Security Council might still have.”