According to the ICRC, 22 people were killed in an attack on a tent camp near Rafah

It said the “incident caused a mass casualty influx at the nearby Red Cross field hospital,” which received 22 bodies and 45 injured. There were also “reports of additional casualties.”

The Gaza Strip’s Health Ministry said 25 people were killed and 50 injured in the attack and accused the Israeli occupation of “attacking the tents of displaced civilians” in Mawasi.

In a statement to the Washington Post on Saturday, the Israeli military said an initial investigation had shown that there was “no evidence that Israeli forces carried out an attack in the humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi.” The incident was currently being investigated.

Separately, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed for “reason and rationality” on Friday as he expressed his “deep concern” about the risk of a full-scale war between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israel.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Guterres said there had been an escalation in the exchanges of fire and that there had been “belligerent rhetoric on both sides, as if all-out war was imminent.”

“One hasty step, one miscalculation could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the borders and, frankly, beyond anyone’s imagination,” he said. “To be clear: the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford to see Lebanon become another Gaza.”

Earlier this week, the Israeli military said it had “approved and confirmed” operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon, while Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz warned on social media: “In a full-scale war, Hezbollah will be destroyed and Lebanon will be hit hard.” The same day, Hezbollah, a military power allied with Iran and Lebanon’s strongest political party, said it had new weapons and intelligence capabilities that could be used in the event of a full-scale war.

The two sides have been trading fire since Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on October 7, the heaviest fighting between the two enemies since a deadly, months-long war in 2006.

Yemen’s Houthi fighters continue to threaten some of the world’s most important shipping routes, despite months of US-led air strikes. The Post reports. The once ragtag rebels are using an arsenal of increasingly sophisticated weapons to attack ships in and around the Red Sea. This month alone, they have sunk one ship and set fire to another.

Due to the war in Gaza, around 39,000 Palestinian students will not be able to take their high school exams, which were supposed to start on Saturday. The Palestinian state news agency WAFA reported that, according to humanitarian organizations, around 625,000 students have not been able to attend school since the war began in October.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, an Israeli citizen was shot dead in the city of Qalqilya on Saturday. The Israeli military said it was deployed after the killing in the city in the occupied West Bank. According to Israeli media, this is the second killing of an Israeli in the city in recent days.

Cuba announced that it intends to join South Africa’s lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide before the International Court of Justice. according to a statement from the Spanish Foreign Ministry released on Friday. Earlier this month, Spain became the first European country to ask to join the process; other countries, including Mexico, Colombia, Nicaragua and Libya, have also asked to join, according to the Associated Press.

A senior State Department official skeptical of the Biden administration’s “bear hug” approach to the Israeli government resigned this week This was a setback for US diplomats who were pushing for a sharper break with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right coalition, three people familiar with the matter said.

Since the war began, at least 37,551 people have been killed and 85,911 injured in Gaza. said the Gaza Health Ministry. It makes no distinction between civilians and fighters, but says the majority of the dead are women and children. Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in the October 7 Hamas attack, including more than 300 soldiers, and it says 312 soldiers have been killed since military operations began in Gaza.