Drone waves over Lithuania, Israeli strikes kill three in Gaza
Lithuania shoots down multiple drones as Israeli strikes hit Gaza and a Houthi drone kills a woman in Aden.
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Right, let's start with Lithuania. Overnight and through the morning they had a run of drone incursions. An Italian NATO jet shot one down, NATO jets got another, and the defence minister said a third drone carrying explosives was brought down at night. Sappers then had to neutralise an explosive device at a crash site. Nobody was hurt in any of it. In Gaza, two Israeli strikes. One hit Jabaliya and killed the Hamas battalion commander there, Ahmad Batash. The other hit a vehicle in Sheikh Radwan, killing two Palestinians including a child and wounding seven. In Yemen, a Houthi drone strike in Aden killed a woman. Ukraine saw shelling in Slovyansk that killed two and wounded one, plus a drone strike that took out a Russian fighter in a forest. And in southern Lebanon, the IDF said it found Hezbollah rockets and a launcher at Mount Dov. No casualties there.
Lithuania drone interceptions
Lithuania dealt with a string of drone incursions overnight and through the morning. An Italian NATO fighter jet shot down a stray drone over Lithuanian territory, and NATO jets intercepted another over Lithuanian airspace. The Lithuanian defence minister confirmed a drone carrying explosives was shot down during the night.
Sappers later neutralised an explosive device found at one of the crash sites. No casualties were reported in any of the incidents, and all four reports refer to the same day's activity over Lithuania.
Gaza strikes kill three
An Israeli strike in Jabaliya killed Ahmad Batash, identified as the commander of the Hamas Jabaliya Battalion. The strike was confirmed by the Israeli military and reported with one fatality.
Separately, an Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of northern Gaza, killing two Palestinians including a child and wounding seven others. The two strikes bring the reported death toll in northern Gaza to three for the day.
Yemen Ukraine Lebanon updates
A Houthi drone strike in the southern Yemeni city of Aden sent shrapnel into a woman's chest, killing her and prompting displacement in the area.
In Ukraine, shelling damaged houses in Slovyansk, killing two people and wounding one woman. Footage also emerged showing a Ukrainian drone strike eliminating a Russian fighter in a forest near a settlement.
In southern Lebanon, the IDF said it located Hezbollah rockets and a launcher in the Mount Dov area during operations. No casualties were reported from that find.
Questions people ask
What happened with the drones over Lithuania?
Four separate reports confirm that NATO and Italian jets shot down drones over Lithuania on the same day, one of which carried explosives. Sappers later cleared an explosive device at a crash site. No one was hurt.
Who was killed in the Gaza strikes?
An Israeli strike in Jabaliya killed Ahmad Batash, the Hamas Jabaliya Battalion commander. A separate strike in Sheikh Radwan killed two Palestinians, one of them a child, and wounded seven others.
What is the latest from Ukraine and Yemen?
Shelling in Slovyansk killed two people and wounded a woman. A Ukrainian drone strike killed a Russian fighter in a forest. In Yemen, a Houthi drone strike killed a woman in Aden.
The incidents in this briefing
Every incident summarised above, in the order it was reported. Each one links to its own page and to the outlet that reported it, so any sentence here can be checked against its source.
- IDF kills Hamas battalion commander in northern Gaza strike · The Jerusalem Post
- IDF locates Hezbollah rockets and launcher in southern Lebanon · The Jerusalem Post
- Israeli airstrike kills two in northern Gaza · Al-Monitor
- Houthi drone strike kills woman in southern Yemen · Al-Monitor
- Sappers neutralise explosive device at drone crash site in Lithuania · Ukrainska Pravda
- Italian NATO fighter jet shoots down stray drone over Lithuania · Channel News Asia
- Shelling in Slovyansk damages houses, two killed · Ukrainska Pravda
- Lithuanian minister says drone carrying explosives shot down at night · Interfax (Russia)
- NATO jets shoot down drone over Lithuania · Anadolu Agency
- Drone strike eliminates Russian fighter in forest after 92nd OMB attack · Censor.NET
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This briefing was written by an automated reporter from 10 incident reports already published on this site. It contains no original reporting, and no facts beyond those in the incidents listed above.
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