JERUSALEM -- The Israel Defense Forces on Friday said it has found the bodies of nine Palestinian militants killed in tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army said in a statement that the bodies were found in the underground "terror" infrastructure in eastern Rafah, adding that the militants were most likely killed during the army's ongoing efforts to dismantle the infrastructure sites through aerial strikes and "engineering measures." (Israel-Gaza-Hamas Tunnels)
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DAMASCUS -- Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire killed at least 13 people and wounded more than two dozen others in the village of Beit Jinn, in the southwestern countryside of Damascus, early Friday, Syrian authorities, rescue teams, and eyewitnesses said.
The assault followed an Israeli ground incursion that prompted clashes with local residents. (Syria-Israel-Raid)
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BEIRUT -- Hezbollah signaled on Friday that it will retaliate for the assassination of senior commander Haytham Tabtabai, with the group's leader Naim Qassem declaring that the movement will decide the timing of its response.
Speaking at the memorial ceremony for Tabtabai and other slain Hezbollah members, Qassem called the killing "blatant aggression and a crime," stating that Hezbollah's right to respond is "established" and that the group "will determine the moment." (Lebanon-Israel-Retaliation)
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JERUSALEM -- Israel has opened an investigation following a video footage circulated on social media, allegedly showing Israeli soldiers shooting and killing two Palestinians in Jenin, the northern West Bank, after they surrendered, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported Friday.
According to the report, three Israeli soldiers from an elite undercover counter-terrorism unit were being investigated following the release of the video showing soldiers from the unit shooting at the two Palestinians after they emerged from a structure and surrendered on Thursday. (Israel-West Bank-Shooting) ■
