IDF soldier killed in gunfight with Hezbollah in Lebanon; another injured by ‘friendly fire’
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they unfold.
Hezbollah fires salvo at northern Israel, prompting sirens
Hezbollah fires a rocket salvo at the northern town of Misgav Am on the Lebanese border, prompting sirens to sound.
Woman moderately injured running to shelter amid rocket attack from Lebanon — MDA
A woman was moderately wounded when she received a head injury while running to a bomb shelter during tonight’s Hezbollah rocket attack from Lebanon on central Israel, Magen David Adom says.
She has been taken to Sheba Medical Center for treatment, the ambulance service says. Two others were lightly injured in a car accident at the time the siren sounded warning of the attack.
MDA adds that no one has been reported injured directly from the attack. Missile fragments were found in two locations.
In reversal, UK police say they’ll return to arresting supporters of Palestine Action
The UK’s Metropolitan Police announces that it will return to arresting anyone who expresses support for the Palestine Action group, after softening that policy when a ban on the group was struck down in court.
An interim policy put in place last month said that “officers would identify and gather evidence of offenses,” but “arrests would be unlikely,” according to a statement from the department.
But the ban that was struck down is the subject of an ongoing court battle, and the police, who are responsible for Greater London, say they will now return to arresting the group’s supporters.
Because the ruling is under appeal, “That means it is still a criminal offense to support Palestine Action,” Deputy Assistant Commissioner James Harman says in a statement. “We must enforce the law as it is at the time, not as it........
