An Israeli airstrike killed the commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket unit in the southern Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. The army said Ahmed Aish Salama al-Hashash was responsible for firing rockets from the humanitarian area in the Gaza Strip into Israel. At the time of the attack, the IDF was operating inside the humanitarian area in Khan Yunis.
Iran has reiterated that there will definitely be a response to Israel over the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on July 31 while he was in Tehran. “After the martyrdom of Haniyeh, more than a dozen messages arrived from America asking Iran not to respond, but the response to his martyrdom is certain,” Iranian Army Deputy Coordinator for Coordination Habibollah Sayyari said after attending the Xiangshan Defense Ceremony. He told a forum in Beijing, where he said that West Asian countries are capable of maintaining security without the need for forces from outside the region. “Those who have been present in the region should know without any need that their presence only leads to chaos, not security,” the military official said, according to Mehr News Agency. Sayyari added: “Before the Islamic Revolution, the equipment of our army, navy and air force mainly came from the West, but today the situation is completely different.”
According to the Lebanese government, Israel has bombed several targets in southern Lebanon over the past few hours.
The Information Ministry in Beirut said Israeli artillery shelled the towns of Majidiyeh, Aita al-Shaab and Blida, causing extensive damage.
Israeli air strikes and artillery targeted the cities of Houla and Markaba, where white phosphorus shells were reported to have been used.
These events were also reported in the Khiam area.
Additional Israeli shelling between Kfar Kila and Deir Mimas caused a fire, which was followed shortly thereafter by attacks on Abbasiya.
Later, an Israeli aircraft bombed a house in Taybeh and bombed other buildings in Aitaroun.
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