Israel-Iran war live updates: Israel kills Hamas government head Rawhi Mushtaha in Gaza strip

Israel has killed Abdel-Aziz Salha, a West Bank Hamas militant who had been jailed for life for taking part in the lynching of two Israeli reservists in Ramallah in 2000 but later deported to Gaza in a prisoner swap, Hamas media and medics said.

Salha was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a tent inside Al-Aklouk School, which shelters displaced Palestinians, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip earlier on Thursday, medics said. (Reuters)

Israel's Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, said that the country successfully defended itself against a barrage of ballistic missiles launched by Iran on Tuesday, adding that Iran would face consequences of this attack.

"Our PM was very clear that Iran will pay a price. We have to think about it thoroughly--can we have a situation where rouge states like Iran attack with a barrage of ballistic missiles? If this goes unchecked, then consequences will be terrible for the region...If nobody is going to stop Iran, then it is our responsibility," said the envoy. (ANI)

Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 41,788 Palestinians and wounded 96,794 since Oct. 7, the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said on Thursday. (Reuters)

In a statement, Israel military said that they have eliminated Rawhi Mushtaha, the head of Hamas government, in Gaza Strip. (Reuters)

An Israeli strike overnight in the Lebanese capital Beirut killed seven health and rescue workers, an Islamic health organization said Thursday.

The airstrike in the residential Bashoura district targeted an apartment in a multi-story building that houses an office of the Health Society, a group of civilian first responders affiliated to Hezbollah. It was the closest strike to the central downtown district of Beirut, where the United Nations and government offices are located

Israel-Iran war live updates: The Israeli military on Thursday confirmed that they killed approximately 15 Hezbollah members after striking the municipality building of southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil.

Israeli strikes on Thursday left atleast six people dead in central Beirut as well.

Israel-Iran war live updates: UN Secretary General Anthony Guterres has been banned from entering Israel for failing to condemn Iran's attack on them.

In a post on X foreign secretary Katz said, "Today, I have declared UN secretary-general persona non grata in Israel and banned him from entering the country. Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran's heinous attack on Israel, as almost every country in the world has done, does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil."

Israel-Iran war live updates: The Israeli army said that two drones launched from Lebanon were intercepted, reported Al Jazeera.

One unmanned aerial vehicle was intercepted off the coast of Nahariya, in northern Israel, while another struck an unspecified open area.

The government has not specified if any injuries or deaths were recorded.

Israel-Iran war live updates: Israel attacked a Russian weapons depot in the Jableh countryside on Syria's west coast, the country's state media reported.

The Israeli military reportedly has been striking targets in coastal cities in Syria since Thursday morning.

Israel-Iran war live updates: Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani issued a statement on Thursday saying that what is happening in the middle east is a 'collective genocide' and that his country has always warned of Israel's 'impunity'.

His remarks come in the wake of Israel bombing Lebanon and tensions between Israel and Iran peaking after a series of strikes and counterstrikes.

Israel-Iran war live updates: Flights have resumed in Iran since Thursday morning, state media reported the country's Civil Aviation Organisation as saying.

Earlier, restrictions had been imposed on Tuesday when Tehran launched missiles at Israel.

Israel-Iran war live updates: More than 1,900 people have been killed and over 9,000 wounded in Lebanon in almost a year of cross-border fighting, with most of the deaths occurring in the past two weeks, according to Lebanese government statistics.

PM Najib Mikati said about 1.2 million Lebanese had been displaced by Israeli attacks and more continue to be as evacuations occur in villages that Israel plans to strike.

Israel-Iran war live updates: Oil prices rose on Thursday as the possibility of an all-out war in the of middle east has introduced fear of supply from Iran being stopped.

If Israel were to target Iran's oil reserves then prices would skyrocket even more.

Israel-Iran war live updates: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said that an Israeli strike on Wednesday in Damascus killed four people, including Hassan Jaafar al-Qasir, son-in-law of the slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Syria has also been facing the brunt of Israeli offensives, with several strikes aimed at Damascus and Golan Heights to root out “terror targets”

Israel-Iran war live updates: A total of 17 overnight strikes hit Beirut on Thursday, Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported.

Israeli bombings in Lebanon have displaced hundreds of thousands of people and killed more than a thousand people in the last two weeks.

In Thursday's strikes several buildings in the densely populated southern suburbs were also destroyed.

Israel-Iran war live updates: Israeli forces have confirmed that the sirens that started ringing near the Gaza strip were a case of ‘false identification’ and citizens need not be worried.

Israel-Iran war live updates: Israeli army said on Thursday that sirens were sounded in the community of Nashal Oz near the Gaza strip.

They didn't provide any additional information.

Israel-Iran war live updates: US President Joe Biden has attempted to rein in Israel's offensive against Iran, by asking them to avoid attacking Iran's nuclear facilities.

In a meeting with G7 nations, they decided on imposing sanctions on Iran and supported Israel's right to defend and retaliate, however Biden also stated that any response should be “proportional”

Israel-Iran war live updates: Lebanon's UN ambassador has asked the international organisation to step in and implement a 2006 resolution that could end fighting on the border.

The resolution, which was supposed to end the last Israel-Hezbollah war in 2006, proposes disarming all armed groups, including Hezbollah, and empowering the Lebanese armed forces to hold the border.

Israel-Iran war live updates:: The French Embassy in Iran asked all its citizens to be careful in travels to Iran and to keep track of messages from the embassy.

They also advised their citizens to refrain from coming to Iran and asked them to leave Iranian territory as soon as possible.

Israel-Iran war live updates: Commemorating the tragic loss of life on October 7, 2023, Pope Francis has asked people to pray and fast as the conflict between Israel and other middle-eastern countries

In a post on X, Pope Francis said, "On October 7, I ask everyone to take part in a day of prayer and fasting for peace in the world. Pray together."

Israel-Iran war live updates: Israel’s U.N. ambassador Danny Danon said on Wednesday that the “the time for empty calls for de-escalation is over.”

Calling Iran a danger to the world after it launched 200 missiles, he said “Iran’s true face is one of terror, death and chaos.”

Danon stressed that Israel will not stop until all of the hostages taken by Hamas are returned.

The senior advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris met American Muslim and Arab leaders on Wednesday who were angered by her continued support for Israel.

Harris told community leaders in the virtual meeting that the administration supports a ceasefire in Gaza, diplomacy in Lebanon and stability in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the vice president's office said.

Israel-Iran war live updates: China called on the UN Security Council to take "urgent actions" to mediate and cease violence in the Middle East as Israel launched fresh air strikes in Lebanon.

China's permanent representative to the U.N., Fu Cong, said during a Security Council briefing on Wednesday, that it needed to make clear and unequivocal demands to stop the cycle of violence over the Israeli-Lebanon conflict.

“The Security Council bears the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.”

Israel-Iran war live updates: The Israeli military is targeting sites in western Syria coastal cities following strikes in Lebanon to root out Hezbollah operatives.

Israel also issued am evacuation order for southern Beirut and southern Lebanon ahead of strikes on Thursday