- The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has climbed to 24,762, the Health Ministry in the territory said.
- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have agreed to build a “Baltic Defence Line” along the eastern border for “defence nests where it is necessary,” according to the Estonian defense minister.
- Those who turn a blind eye to the massacres and atrocities committed by Israel will suffer great regret, said the Turkish president.
- The German parliament approved a new citizenship law to enhance the social and political participation of immigrants.
- Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said that there is a clear and growing risk of the Israel-Palestinian conflict spilling into the Middle East, which he said would be “an authentic catastrophe.”
- The Houthi group said the US and UK carried out two airstrikes on Yemen’s western city of Hodeidah.
- Telecommunications and internet services gradually returned to Gaza after an eight-day communications blackout of the besieged enclave from the outside world.
- Serbia’s president claimed that while recognizing neighboring Kosovo’s independence would earn him a Nobel Peace Prize, respect for the people of his country is more important.
- The UN is “very concerned” about North Korea’s test of its underwater nuclear weapons system in response to this week’s joint military drills by South Korea, the US and Japan, said a UN spokesman.
- The Belarusian defense minister said Minsk is open to military cooperation with any state, including NATO members.
- German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin could attack a NATO country “within 5-8 years.”
- The UN said more than 350,000 people in Congo need urgent humanitarian assistance due to extreme rainfall in recent weeks.
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