1 killed in Israel’s first Gaza strike in over a week

Israel on Wednesday carried out its first air strike in more than a week in Gaza, both sides said, breaking a relative lull as the US pressed a peace plan. The Israeli military said it targeted a Hamas commander, charging that he had been planning attacks against Israeli forces operating in the war-battered territory. “The terrorist was struck in an aerial strike in order to remove the threat to IDF troops,” a military statement said, adding that it tried to mitigate civilian harm. Gaza’s civ...

By Agence France-Presse

Israel’s military says it targeted a Hamas commander planning attacks in Gaza

An Israeli airstrike critically wounded a Palestinian man in the Gaza Strip, in an attack the Israeli military said targeted a Hamas commander planning attacks against Israeli troops operating in the territory. It was the first such airstrike in over a week, after Israel scaled back major attacks under U.S. pressure to implement the latest […]