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Hamas is calling for worldwide protests this weekend. EU secret services doubt the number of deaths in the hospital in Gaza. All information in the news blog.

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Hamas terrorists crossed the border into Israel on October 7 and carried out massacres. Since then, Israel has been attacking targets in the Hamas-occupied Gaza Strip. This live blog informs you about the current developments:

Report: Israeli missiles hit Lebanon

12:30 a.m.: Israeli air strikes have hit two villages in southern Lebanon, Lebanese television station Al Mayadeen TV reports. The Israeli rockets hit Kafr Shuba and near Odaisseh early on Thursday morning (local time).

Bundeswehr brings back another 19 Germans

11.40 p.m.: Another Bundeswehr machine has brought people from Israel back to Germany. On Wednesday evening at around 11:06 p.m. an Airbus 350 with 19 passengers landed in Cologne, the operational command announced on X (formerly Twitter). An Airbus A321 had already landed in Berlin early on Wednesday morning. According to the information, he had brought 68 German passengers back from Israel. The Air Force has so far flown more than 300 people from Israel to Germany.

Biden: Egypt allows aid convoy into the Gaza Strip

10:35 p.m.: According to his US colleague Joe Biden, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi is opening the Rafah border crossing from his country to the Gaza Strip for around 20 trucks. These would bring humanitarian goods to the Palestinian territory, said Biden. The US President praised Sissi, who was “very accommodating” during the talks. A spokesman for the US presidential office says the trucks should leave in the coming days. The road needs to be repaired first.

Activists break into the US Congress building

10:08 p.m.: Protesters broke into a US Congress building. The Cannon House Building is an office building for the American Parliament and is located south of the Capitol. Videos shared on Platform X show activists gathering in the Rotunda and calling for a ceasefire in Israel’s war against Hamas. A Republican lawmaker waves an Israeli flag from the balustrade, a photo from the Reuters news agency shows.

The left-wing activist alliance “Jewish Voice for Peace” called for the demonstration. On X, the organization speaks of 500 people who broke into the building.

EU secret services doubt number of deaths in hospital

9:55 p.m.: According to European intelligence sources, not hundreds but dozens of people were killed in the shelling of a hospital site in Gaza. “There are not 200 or even 500 dead, but more like a few dozen, probably between 10 and 50,” the anonymous source said on Wednesday. Israel is “probably not” responsible for the shelling – this is indicated by the “serious traces” available to the secret services.

The source pointed out that the building was not destroyed. The hospital was probably evacuated beforehand, like a number of hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip, after the Israeli army ordered this. There is “no evidence” that there were hundreds of people in the parking lot in front of it. Here you can read more about it.

Israel withdraws diplomats from Morocco

9:22 p.m.: Israel has withdrawn its staff from the embassy in Rabat due to various calls for pro-Palestinian demonstrations. This is reported by the Israeli broadcaster Kan. The embassy staff are now to be sent back to Israel from Morocco.

Another exchange of fire on Israel’s border with Lebanon

7:55 p.m.: Armed confrontations broke out again on Israel’s border with Lebanon on Wednesday. The Israeli army said nine shots were recorded from Lebanon. In addition, several anti-tank missiles were fired in the direction of three Israeli border towns. Israeli soldiers returned the fire. An army drone also carried out an attack on a terrorist cell that had reportedly fired mortar shells towards Israel, it said.

The military had previously reported that tank shells had been fired into Israeli territory in several locations. Israeli media reported that a man was injured in Israel in a rocket attack from Lebanon. He is reportedly being treated in a clinic. Lebanese security circles reported Israeli mortar shell fire. It also said there were reports of an injured woman. A grenade hit near their house.