JERUSALEM -- Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Sunday said he had ordered the military to prevent an aid ship, the Madleen, from reaching the Gaza Strip.
The vessel, part of the international Freedom Flotilla Coalition, is carrying activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, and humanitarian supplies. Organizers said the ship was in international waters off the coast of Egypt and expected to approach Gaza's coastline later in the day. (Israel-Aid Ship-Gaza Strip)
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military said on Sunday it had recovered the body of Mohammed Sinwar, head of Hamas' military wing, from a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip and taken it to Israel.
In a statement, the military said that following an identification process, it had confirmed that "the body of Mohammed Sinwar was located in the underground tunnel route beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis." (Israel-Recovery-Hamas Commander's Body)
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TEHRAN -- Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib announced on Sunday the country had obtained a "precious trove" of Israel's strategic, operational, and scientific data and documents, which he said would be published soon.
In an interview with Iran's state-run IRIB news agency, Khatib described the acquisition as a "great intelligence achievement" of his ministry.
Khatib said the documents cover Israel's nuclear program as well as its relations with the United States, Europe, and other countries, stressing that some of the intelligence files could bolster Iran's offensive capabilities. (Iran-Israeli Documents-Publication)
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BEIRUT -- A Hezbollah member was killed and three Lebanese civilians were injured on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a motorcycle on the Chehabiyeh-Kfar Dounin road in southern Lebanon, security and civil defense sources said.
A Lebanese security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to Xinhua that the victim was identified as Ali Shafiq Qanso, a Hezbollah member from the town of Chehabiyeh. He added that three civilians happened to be passing by at the time of the airstrike. (Lebanon-Israeli Airstrike-Casualty) ■
