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The Israeli army announced that it killed Hamas leader Hadi Ali Mustafa in a bombing that targeted a car that was transporting him in Lebanon. Hamas also confirmed his death.
The Israeli army described Hadi Mustafa as a “central element” in the Hamas movement in the Lebanon region, and that he was “promoting terrorist activities against Israeli targets around the world.”
The Israeli army announced that a raid carried out by an Israeli army plane on the Lebanese Tire region “eliminated a prominent member of Hamas involved in directing sabotage cells and field activities to attack Israeli and Jewish targets in various countries around the world.”
The Israeli army published a video clip that it said was of the operation targeting Mustafa, on Wednesday morning.
The Israeli army publishes a video targeting Hamas leader Hadi Mustafa
The Lebanese Foreign Ministry said that the escalation in areas far from the southern border “reflects Israel’s desire to expand the conflict and drag the region into war.”
In a statement, the ministry called on the international community to put pressure on Israel to stop its “continuing attacks at an escalating pace.”
The Hamas movement mourned Hadi Ali Mustafa, saying that he was killed “in the Israeli raid that targeted a car in the city of Tyre,” and confirmed that he was “from the Al-Qassam Brigades – the military wing of the Hamas movement in Lebanon.”
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A photo published by Hamas of Hadi Mustafa
A new road to deliver aid to northern Gaza
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The United Nations announced that a new land route had been used to deliver food to northern Gaza for the first time in three weeks.
The Israeli army said that six trucks belonging to the World Food Program crossed through a gate in the Gaza border fence (Crossing 96).
The army added that the delivery, which took place on Tuesday evening, was “part of an experiment to prevent Hamas from seizing aid,” stressing that the results of the experiment would be presented to “political parties.”
The United Nations indicated that the World Food Program convoy was able to use an Israeli military road extending along the Gaza border fence to reach the north and deliver enough food for about 25,000 people.
This comes amid global pressure on Israel to allow more access to the Palestinian territories for aid amid a looming famine as it continues its war on Hamas.
A boat carrying 200 tons of food aid for distribution by a charity also sailed from Cyprus on Tuesday, opening a new sea corridor to the Palestinian territories, and is expected to arrive near Gaza on Thursday.
However, it is widely reported that access by road remains the fastest way to obtain much-needed supplies.
The United Nations says that at least 576,000 people in Gaza, a quarter of the population, are one step away from famine.
A stabbing attack south of Jerusalem leaves two Israelis wounded
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The Israeli police announced that two Israelis were injured in a stabbing attack carried out at a military checkpoint, located south of Jerusalem.
The Israeli army explained that those injured in the operation were a female military police soldier and a security guard.
Israeli media said that the perpetrator was 15 years old. He arrived at the tunnel checkpoint while riding an electric bicycle, before getting off and carrying out the operation, and that he was “neutralized” after he was shot.
While Israeli Army Radio announced that the perpetrator of the stabbing attack was “the Palestinian boy, Muhammad Murad Abu Hamed, from the village of Al-Khader.”
Hamas announced its “blessing” of the stabbing attack south of Jerusalem on Wednesday morning.
The movement called on West Bank Palestinians to “go to Al-Aqsa Mosque,” in order to break what the movement described as “the shackles of the Israeli occupation and confront its efforts.”
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