No Arrests Made After West Bank Riot, IDF Targets Hamas Commander in Gaza Hospital
- On Friday, the IDF killed Hamas-linked former Jenin terror cell leader Qais Bitwani in a West Bank airstrike, an operation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a "successful thwarting of the terrorists in Jenin."
- Former Mossad chief David Barnea stated Thursday that Hamas and Hezbollah are weaker following recent operations, though Israeli officials told the US that the Lebanese Army lacks the will to curb Hezbollah's activity.
- CENTCOM reported that 1,500 vessels carrying roughly 750 million barrels of crude oil transited the Strait of Hormuz with American protection, as US forces maintain a 50,000-troop blockade of Iran.
- The US Treasury revoked a "critical node" of Iranian access to US dollars, prompting Iran's government to declare diplomacy and defense inseparable while vowing to resist the new financial measures.
- Signed August 7 by Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement is attracting regional interest as analysts question how the alliance might shift if Egypt, Bangladesh, or Iran join the pact.
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Israel army says struck Hamas commander in Gaza hospital compound
The commander “was hiding within the compound” of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Deir al-Balah, Israel said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Israeli army targeted a Palestinian Islamist leader in the Martyr Hospital of Al-Aqsa, while new strikes were reported in Gaza.
The Israeli military said Saturday it had struck a Hamas commander inside a hospital complex in the Gaza Strip. Health officials in the Palestinian territory said three people were killed in Israeli strikes elsewhere.
For its part, the institution stated that three people had been injured in an Israeli strike near a warehouse near the maternity service.
Further violence has been reported in the Palestinian territory, where the truce concluded last year seems once again to be under severe strain. ...
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