Massive red alerts across central Israel

Most likely a ballistic missile launch from the Houthis

1 ballistic missile was launched from Yemen

Israeli air defence is active, at least 1 interception attempt has been made.

An explosion was reported in central Israel, possibly air defence activity.

The explosion was heard as far as the northern and southern parts of the West Bank.

Tel Aviv.

Unconfirmed reports of injuries among Israelis.

The IDF stated that the Israeli Air Force intercepted the missile.

The moment a Russian Geran-2 drone struck Slovyansk, Donetsk Oblast, last night. A KAB glide bomb hit something in the city at almost the same time.

More from Slovyansk.

An Israeli airstrike killed the commander of Hamas’ Shujaiyya brigade, Jamil Omar al-Wadiya, also known as Abu Omar.

For some background information, the Shujaiyya brigade is subordinated under Hamas's much larger Gaza brigade, and is headquartered in the Shujaiyya district of Gaza city. Most of their operations were concentrated in or close to the Shujaiyya district, although during the battles for Gaza City in late 2023 and early 2024, the Shujaiyya brigade would often coordinate attacks and ambushes with other brigades stationed in neighbouring districts of the city.

They also conducted joint rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli positions and command posts in and around the Netzarim corridor in coordination with non-Hamas armed groups, such as groups subordinated under the Al-Quds Brigades (the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad), the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (formerly subordinated under the Fatah political party) and the Abu Ali-Mustafa brigades (the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine), among others.

Another interesting part about this brigade is that many of its fighters are/were a part of the Al-Qassam Brigades' (Armed wing of Hamas) "Nukhba" elite forces, who were the backbone of Hamas' initial invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023 and put up significant resistance during Israel's initial push into Gaza City in 2023.

Palestinian sources report that 15 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the city of Beit Lahiya, Northern Gaza.

Israeli channel 12: "The IDF is expanding its military operations in Gaza, specifically in the northern part of the Strip."

They are referring to Israel's new ground invasion.