The killing of Sinwar, a mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the Gaza war, by Israeli forces in the Palestinian enclave marks a major success for Israel and a milestone in the yearlong conflict. Read more
His killing marks a huge success for Israel and a pivotal event in the year-long conflict. Read more
An Israeli official in Washington said the letter had been received and was being reviewed. Read more
Palestinian health officials said at least 11 people were killed by Israeli fire near Al-Falouja in Jabalia, the largest of Gaza’s eight historic refugee camps, while 10 others were killed in Bani Suhaila in eastern Khan Younis in the south when an Israeli missile struck a house. Read more
The UNIFIL peacekeeping force said two Israeli Merkava tanks destroyed the main gate of a base and forcibly entered before dawn on Sunday morning. After the tanks left, shells exploded 100 meters (yards) away, releasing smoke which blew across the base and sickened U.N. personnel, it said in a statement. Read more
The head of Israel’s ambulance service said four people were in critical condition and five more were seriously hurt. Read more
Residents said Israeli forces continued to pound Jabalia, in the north of the enclave, the largest of its historic refugee camps, from the air and ground. Read more
The UNIFIL force said the incident was a “serious development,” and that the security of U.N. personnel and property must be guaranteed. Read more
The strike, in which many more were wounded, occurred in the city of Deir Al-Balah where a million people have taken shelter after fleeing fighting elsewhere after more than a year of war. Read more
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Ceremonies and protests in Jerusalem and Israel’s south began around 06:29 a.m. (5:29 p.m. Sunday Hawaii time), the hour when Hamas launched rockets into Israel at the start of its Oct. 7 assault last year and burst across the border, rampaging through towns. Read more
The Israeli military said it had conducted “precise strikes on Hamas terrorists” who were operating within command and control centers embedded in Ibn Rushd School and the Shuhada al-Aqsa Mosque, in the area of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. Read more
The order affected scattered parts of the Nuseirat and Bureij neighborhoods and threw families in the area into a state of panic. Read more
The air attack on Beirut, part of a wider assault that has driven more than 1.2 million Lebanese from their homes, was reported to have targeted the potential successor to the leader of Iran-backed Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, assassinated by Israel a week ago. Read more
More than 700 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank over the past year, according to health Palestinian authorities, many of them armed fighters but many also unarmed youths throwing stones during protests, or civilian passers-by. Read more
The losses were the deadliest suffered by the Israeli military on the Lebanon front in the past year of border-area clashes between Israel and its Iranian-backed Lebanese foe. Read more
A spokesperson for tracking service FlightRadar24 said flights diverted “anywhere they could”, and a snapshot of regional traffic showed flights spreading in wide arcs to the north and south, with many converging on Cairo and Istanbul. Read more
Israel said more than 180 missiles were launched into Israel from Iran and Israeli air defenses were activated to intercept them. Read more
A U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity told Reuters the positioning of Israeli troops suggested a ground incursion could be imminent. Read more
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday, amid a significant escalation in the hostilities between Hezbollah and the Israeli military playing out in parallel with the Gaza war. Read more
The move to safeguard Iran’s top decision-maker is the latest show of nervousness by the Iranian authorities as Israel launched a series of devastating attacks on Hezbollah. Read more
The killing pushed Israel’s nearly yearlong war against Iran-backed forces — Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen — into new territory. Read more
