Israel says it has killed senior Hamas operative Farah Hamed in a Gaza City airstrike, accusing him of involvement in deadly attacks dating back to the Second Intifada. According to Israeli security agencies, Hamed was linked to the Silwad cell, which carried out shooting attacks in the West Bank. Israeli authorities also say he was involved in recruiting and directing attacks through Hamas’s West Bank Headquarters. The Israeli security establishment says the strike was carried out in a joint operation involving the elite Gideonim unit of Israel Police, the Shin Bet and the IDF.

Israel has reported a deadly overnight raid in the West Bank, where its military says a wanted Palestinian was killed after allegedly attacking troops with a Molotov cocktail, explosive device and knife. Separately, Israel says strikes in Gaza killed two militants, including a Hamas operative, amid renewed ceasefire tensions.