SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group announced Saturday that it had launched a ballistic missile targeting a "sensitive" site in southern Israel, activating air defense sirens in Israel for the first time since a ceasefire for the Israel-Iran conflict went into effect on Tuesday.
The strike, using a Zulfiqar ballistic missile, had "successfully hit its target," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a televised statement aired by the group's al-Masirah TV channel. (Houthis-Missile Attack-Israel)
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TEHRAN -- Iran on Saturday held a state funeral for the military commanders and nuclear scientists killed during a 12-day conflict with Israel.
The ceremony was attended by the families of those killed in the attacks as well as high-ranking Iranian officials and military commanders, including President Masoud Pezeshkian, Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, and senior advisor to Iran's supreme leader, Ali Shamkhani, who was severely injured in the Israeli airstrikes on Tehran. (Iran-Conflict-State Funeral)
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military said on Saturday its forces had killed a senior Hamas commander in an airstrike in Gaza City, identifying him as a key figure in the group's military buildup and in the planning of the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel.
In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said the strike, carried out on Friday evening in the Sabra neighborhood, killed Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa. The operation was conducted in coordination with the Shin Bet domestic security agency. (Gaza-Hamas Commander-Killing)
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GAZA -- At least 45 Palestinians were killed on Saturday in Israeli shelling and gunfire across the Gaza Strip, according to the civil defense.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defense Authority, told Xinhua that Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes on multiple civilian areas, including a popular market, a school, tents sheltering displaced persons, residential buildings, and public gatherings in various parts of the enclave. (Gaza-Conflict-Casualties) ■
