The Israeli military has killed at least 20 Palestinians in attacks across Gaza after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered powerful strikes following an exchange of gunfire in southern Rafah, during which one Israeli soldier was wounded. The attacks on Tuesday marked the most significant flare-up in violence since a ceasefire brokered by United States President Donald Trump came into effect in the war-devastated territory on October 10.
Israel has launched hundreds of strikes across Syria following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime last December. Six Syrian army officers have been killed in Israeli drone strikes south of Damascus, Syria's state-run El Ekhbariya TV reported, a day after Syria condemned a new Israeli military incursion outside the capital. Israeli drones targeted Syrian army positions in the Damascus countryside near the city of al-Kiswah, the broadcaster reported early on Wednesday.