Israel kills Hamas commander in Lebanon as Gaza truce falters
- Israel kills Hamas’s military commander in a drone strike in Lebanon’s Sidon with efforts underway to save both the Gaza and Hezbollah ceasefires.
- Prime Minister Netanyahu says neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority will govern the war-battered territory, adding he’s committed to US President Trump’s plan for “the creation of a different Gaza“.
Captive’s wife receives sign of life in Gaza
The wife of an Israeli captive says she has received the first “sign of life” of her husband in more than a year.
Sharon Alony Cunio told Israel’s Channel 13 TV that abductees released in the current ceasefire told her David Cunio was still alive. She said the news has given her “lots of air to breathe”.
Cunio herself was taken captive with her husband in the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack that sparked the war in Gaza. She was released in a November 2023 ceasefire and said she had not received news about him since.
David Cunio is not among the 33 Israeli captives scheduled for release during the current phase of the ceasefire. The release of the remaining captives is to be negotiated as part of the second phase, but substantive talks have not begun.
Israeli forces target ambulance crew in occupied West Bank
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society says Israeli soldiers assaulted one of its ambulance staff in the besieged Jenin camp.
The attack occurred after the crew tried to reach a sick individual in need of medical assistance.
Last month, Israel’s army launched a major assault in the Jenin area, dubbed the “Iron Wall”, almost immediately after a ceasefire was declared in Gaza.
