Previously, the Prime Minister's Office announced thatPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had instructed Israel's armed forces to respond with force against Gazan terror targets during a consultation with Defense Minister Israel Katz and the heads of Israel's security establishment.
As a result of Israeli air strikes in Gaza, 11 people were killed and others were wounded, Hamas's armed wing, the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, later claimed. The Emirati news outlet Erem News reported first that among those was Yahya al-Mabhouh, a field commander in the Qassam Brigades. The Qassam Brigades later confirmed the terrorist's death. (Read More)
