Hamas says Gaza school bombing kills over 90; Israel says it targeted militants
The Israeli military said the death toll was inflated and that around 20 militants had been operating at the site. Read more
War in the Middle East
Israeli strike kills senior Hamas figure in south Lebanon
The strike, on the southern edges of the Lebanese port city of Sidon nearly 40 miles from the frontier, killed Samer al-Hajj, a Hamas security official who works in the nearby refugee camp for Palestinians, Ain al-Hilweh. Read more
U.K., Egypt issue alerts for Iran, Lebanon airspace
Britain’s advisory to its airlines to avoid the Lebanese airspace came hours after Egypt instructed all of its airlines to avoid Iranian airspace for three hours in the early morning on Thursday. Read more
Hamas names Oct. 7 mastermind Sinwar as leader
Sinwar, the architect of the most devastating attack on Israel in decades, has been in hiding in Gaza, defying Israeli attempts to kill him since the start of the war. Read more
Dozens of Palestinian fighters killed in Gaza over past 24 hours
The Israeli military said the Hamas official in charge of smuggling operations was among those killed and that his death significantly hit their ability to bring weapons and military equipment into the besieged enclave. Read more
Military moves in Middle East aimed at de-escalating tensions
Regional tensions have increased following the assassination on Wednesday of Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tehran a day after an Israeli strike in Beirut killed Fuad Shukr, a senior military commander from the Lebanese group Hezbollah. Both groups are backed by Iran. Read more
Israeli strikes kill 15 Palestinians in Gaza school, 9 West Bank militants
The Israeli military said the first of two West Bank airstrikes hit a vehicle in a town near the city of Tulkarm, targeting a militant cell it said was on its way to carry out an attack. Read more
U.S. to send more warships, fighter jets to Middle East
The U.S. is bracing for Iran to make good on its vow to respond to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh two days ago in Tehran — one in a series of killings of senior figures in the Palestinian militant group as the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza rages. Read more
Malaysia PM outraged over removal of Facebook post on Haniyeh assassination
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday accused Meta Platforms of cowardice after his Facebook post on the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was removed, in his government’s latest run-in with the firm over blocked content. Read more
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Al Jazeera journalist and cameraman killed in Israeli strike in Gaza
An Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip killed an Al Jazeera journalist and cameraman today, the television station said. Read more
Killing of Hamas chief stirs retaliation fears, Israel stays silent
Although the strike on Haniyeh was widely assumed to have been carried out by Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government made no claim of responsibility and said it would not comment on the killing. Read more
Blinken says U.S. not involved in killing of Hamas leader
“This is something we were not aware of or involved in. It’s very hard to speculate,” Blinken said in an interview with Channel News Asia during a visit to Singapore. Read more
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, Hamas says
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran on Wednesday, the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said in separate statements. Read more
Israel claims strike killed top Hezbollah commander in Beirut
Fuad served as the right-hand man to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and was his adviser for wartime operations, the statement said. Read more
Don’t bomb Beirut: U.S. leads push to rein in Israel’s response
Washington is racing to avert a full-blown war between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese movement Hezbollah after the attack on the Israeli-occupied Golan killed 12 youths at the weekend. Read more
Israeli forces battle Palestinian fighters in southern Gaza
A week after ordering civilians to evacuate the area, tanks pushed into the towns of Al-Karara, Al-Zanna, and Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Younis, where medics said at least 34 Palestinians were killed by Israeli strikes. Read more
Israel blames Hezbollah as rocket kills 12 on soccer field
‘We are approaching the moment of an all-out war against Hezbollah and Lebanon,” Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said. Read more
Trump touts warm ties to Israel’s Netanyahu, blasts Harris
Netanyahu met Trump, the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential race, a day after talks with Democratic President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running against Trump in the Nov. 5 U.S. election. Read more
Harris presses Netanyahu over humanitarian crisis in Gaza
“Israel has a right to defend itself. And how it does so matters,” Harris told reporters after the meeting. She said she raised her serious concerns about the scale of human suffering in Gaza. Read more
Harris condemns flag burning, protesters call it distraction
“I condemn the burning of the American flag,” Harris said in a statement. “It should never be desecrated in that way.” Read more
Netanyahu speaks to Congress amid protests
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers skipped his speech to Congress, expressing dismay over the thousands of civilian deaths and the humanitarian crisis from Israel’s campaign in the Hamas-ruled Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Read more
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