Israel kills Hamas leader in Gaza, intercepts missile from Yemen

• Israeli’s army continues attacks across the Gaza Strip – killing at least 23 people in pre-dawn raids, including senior Hamas official Salah al-Bardawil and his wife who were sleeping in a tent.

• The US bombs Yemen again, raiding an airport and port in Hodeidah as well as the central province of Marib and northern governorate of Saada, according to Yemeni media.

Displacement under fire’: Fleeing Palestinians targeted by Israeli drones

In southern Rafah, Palestinian men, women and children can be seen walking along a dirt road and carrying their belongings in their arms – a recurring scene in a war that’s forced most of Gaza’s population to flee multiple times.

“It’s displacement under fire,” said Mustafa Gaber, a local journalist who left Tal as-Sultan with his family. He said hundreds of people are fleeing as Israeli tank-and-drone fire echoes nearby. “There are wounded people among us. The situation is very difficult.”

Mohammed Abu Taha, another resident who fled, said many people are unable to evacuate because of the surprise incursion overnight. He also said his sister and her family were sheltering in a school in an area of Rafah surrounded by Israeli forces.

13 Palestinians arrested in latest occupied West Bank incursionIsraeli forces have carried out a wave of raids and arrests across the occupied West Bank, reports the Wafa news agency. In the early hours they rounded up:
Five people from Qalqilya cityThree people from the town of Silwad, near RamallahThree people from the village of Yatma, near NablusOne person from the village of Burin, south of NablusOne from the village of Bir al-Basha, south of JeninThis adds to more than 15,640 arrests Israeli forces have made in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023. Many detainees are held without formal charge.

Jumping from war to war ‘important’ for Israeli PM Netanyahu

Israel’s leader Netanyahu is trying to stay in power for at least another two years and this is why “he’s jumping from one war to another”, a military analyst says.

“He’s doing that with Syria – without being provoked by Syria; he’s doing that with Lebanon,” Elijah Magnier told Al Jazeera.

He described the alleged firing of five rockets into northern Israel on Saturday as “doubtful”, saying there’s “no value” for Hezbollah or other armed groups in carrying out such an attack, as evidenced by about 200 Israeli raids in response that killed seven people and wounded dozens.

“For Israel, it’s important to maintain this pressure for political reasons and political gain for the prime minister and his far-right cabinet,” Magnier said.

One killed in Israeli attack near Rafah

Our colleagues report one Palestinian has been killed in an Israeli drone attack on an area north of Rafah city.

There is also continuous artillery shelling on Beit Hanoon and an area east of Jabalia camp in the north of the Gaza Strip.

We’ll bring you more information as we get it.

Assassination of Hamas leader raises concerns over future negotiations

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  Hani Mahmoud

Reporting from Gaza City, northern Gaza

Salah al-Bardawil was a member of the political bureau of Hamas and its legislative council and was heavily involved in implementing many charitable projects across the Gaza Strip.

He was an important political figure but also extremely popular among the people of Khan Younis. His assassination underscores how most of Hamas’s political bureau across Gaza have been killed by the Israeli military.

This might affect how negotiations in the future will play out in terms of the captives’ release, as well as the “day after” plan for Gaza once Israel finally ends its devastating war.