The IDF says it carried out an airstrike against several Hamas operatives at command rooms embedded within a mosque and a nearby building in central Gaza’s Bureij a short while ago.
The command rooms at the al-Farouk mosque and an adjacent structure were used by the Hamas operatives to plan and carry out attacks against Israel and troops in Gaza, the IDF says.
To mitigate harm to civilians in the strike, the IDF says it carried out “many steps,” including using precision munitions, aerial surveillance, and other intelligence.
“The Hamas terror organization systematically violates international law, brutally exploiting civilian institutions and the population as a human shield for terror activity,” the military adds.
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy voices shock about a missile strike targeting Hamas officials in a humanitarian zone in the Gaza Strip, saying it shows the urgent need for a ceasefire.
“We’re meeting at a critical moment — a critical moment for securing a ceasefire in Gaza, with the shocking deaths in Khan Younis this morning only reinforcing how desperately needed that ceasefire is,” Lammy tells a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The IDF confirms killing a commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force in a drone strike deep in Lebanon earlier today.
According to the IDF, Muhammad Qassem al-Shaer was involved in many attacks on Israel. The military says his killing “is another blow to the ability of the Hezbollah terror organization to advance and carry out terror attacks from southern Lebanon against the Israeli home front on the northern border.”
Al-Shaer was targeted on a road near Lake Qaraoun in the Beqaa Valley, some 40 kilometers (24 miles) from the Israeli border.
The IDF publishes footage of the strike.
The IDF says it has resumed its major operation in the northern West Bank, and a large number of troops are currently carrying out a raid in the Tulkarem area.
The operation, internally dubbed Summer Camps, was launched on August 28 with raids in Tulkarem, Jenin and Tubas.
The IDF withdrew from Jenin on Friday, and there have been no major raids since.
A Hezbollah commander was killed in an IDF drone strike deep in Lebanon earlier today.
The terror group announces the death of Muhammad Qassem al-Shaer, who was killed in the strike in the Western Beqaa District, but does not detail his role.
Al-Shaer was reportedly a commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force.
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