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Yahoo
22-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Israel says it killed Iranian commander who helped fund, arm Hamas
The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday said it had killed an Iranian commander who for years helped arm and fund Hamas on behalf of the regime. Saeed Izadi, commander of the Palestine Corps in the Quds Force, was killed early Saturday during an Israeli strike in the city of Qom. Izadi was also "one of the orchestrators" of the Oct. 7, 2023, unprovoked Hamas attack on Israel, according to BBC News. "The blood of thousands of Israelis is on his hands," IDF chief Eyal Zamir said in a statement, calling it a "tremendous intelligence and operational achievement." Israel Says It Killed Iran's 'Senior-most Military Official' Following the killing of Mohammed Sinwar, the head of Hamas' armed wing, at a hospital in Gaza in May, a joint operation between the IDF and the Israel Security Agency (ISA) discovered an underground command center underneath the hospital. Read On The Fox News App Israeli troops found documents in the command center revealing that Hamas' military wing had maintained contact with Izadi in recent months, including Sinwar. Correspondence between Sinwar and Izadi planning an operation in which Izadi would arm Hamas with $21 million in weapons followed by an additional $25 million in weapons was found in the command center, the IDF said. Top Advisor To Iranian Supreme Leader Killed In Israeli Strikes, State Media Says "Due to the intensive efforts of the Southern Command, the Intelligence Directorate and the ISA, these two projects to arm Hamas's military wing in the Gaza Strip with advanced weapons worth tens of millions of dollars did not come to fruition," the IDF said. Izadi had been sanctioned by the U.S. and U.K. over his ties to the Palestinian militant faction Islamic Jihad, which also helped plan the Oct. 7 terror attacks. The IDF said later Saturday that it also had killed a second Iranian commander, Benham Shariyari, during a strike on his vehicle in Tehran. Shariyari had been "responsible for all weapons transfers from the Iranian regime to its proxies across the Middle East," including missiles and rockets launched by Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis at Israel, the IDF said. "Since the outbreak of the war, the IDF has been working to dismantle the military capabilities of the Hamas terrorist organization. The IDF will continue to act against any attempt by the Iranian regime to arm and fund the terrorist organizations that threaten the State of Israel and its civilians," the IDF said. "The elimination of Izadi constitutes a significant blow to the Iranian regime's weapons supply and terror financing network."Original article source: Israel says it killed Iranian commander who helped fund, arm Hamas
Fox News
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Israel says it killed Iranian commander who helped fund, arm Hamas
The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday said it had killed an Iranian commander who for years helped arm and fund Hamas on behalf of the regime. Saeed Izadi, commander of the Palestine Corps in the Quds Force, was killed early Saturday during an Israeli strike in the city of Qom. Izadi was also "one of the orchestrators" of the Oct. 7, 2023, unprovoked Hamas attack on Israel, according to BBC News. "The blood of thousands of Israelis is on his hands," IDF chief Eyal Zamir said in a statement, calling it a "tremendous intelligence and operational achievement." Following the killing of Mohammed Sinwar, the head of Hamas' armed wing, at a hospital in Gaza in May, a joint operation between the IDF and the Israel Security Agency (ISA) discovered an underground command center underneath the hospital. Israeli troops found documents in the command center revealing that Hamas' military wing had maintained contact with Izadi in recent months, including Sinwar. Correspondence between Sinwar and Izadi planning an operation in which Izadi would arm Hamas with $21 million in weapons followed by an additional $25 million in weapons was found in the command center, the IDF said. "Due to the intensive efforts of the Southern Command, the Intelligence Directorate and the ISA, these two projects to arm Hamas's military wing in the Gaza Strip with advanced weapons worth tens of millions of dollars did not come to fruition," the IDF said. Izadi had been sanctioned by the U.S. and U.K. over his ties to the Palestinian militant faction Islamic Jihad, which also helped plan the Oct. 7 terror attacks. The IDF said later Saturday that it also had killed a second Iranian commander, Benham Shariyari, during a strike on his vehicle in Tehran. Shariyari had been "responsible for all weapons transfers from the Iranian regime to its proxies across the Middle East," including missiles and rockets launched by Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis at Israel, the IDF said. "Since the outbreak of the war, the IDF has been working to dismantle the military capabilities of the Hamas terrorist organization. The IDF will continue to act against any attempt by the Iranian regime to arm and fund the terrorist organizations that threaten the State of Israel and its civilians," the IDF said. "The elimination of Izadi constitutes a significant blow to the Iranian regime's weapons supply and terror financing network."
NBC News
14-06-2025
- Health
- NBC News
Crushed by Israeli missile strikes, Gaza's hospitals are barely functioning
Israeli military assaults on the Gaza Strip's hospitals have ramped up in recent weeks to the highest level so far this year, bringing a health system already weakened by 19 months of war to a breaking point. NBC News has analyzed 27 videos and images from the last two months taken by civilians and our own journalists on the ground to piece together a picture of the full extent of the destruction of a health system engulfed in war. In footage from a surveillance camera, men, women and children could be seen crossing the entrance to Khan Younis' European Hospital moments before a missile hit, blasting people into the air as others scattered in panic. Another video, posted to social media and verified by NBC News, showed the fiery aftermath of an explosion at a medical warehouse near Al-Awda Hospital, in northern Gaza, which has been attacked repeatedly, including on May 22 and again on May 24. 'Nearly all hospitals in Gaza are now damaged or destroyed, and half of them are no longer operational,' Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, told NBC News. During the war, Gaza's hospitals have eked back services, only to be repeatedly struck or besieged again. Hospitals are protected under international humanitarian law, butIsrael has maintained that Hamas uses hospitals and medical centers for military activities, opening them to attack. Hamas has denied doing so. Humanitarian groups, including the United Nations, havesaid Israel has not provided sufficient information to substantiate many of its claims and have called for independent investigations of Israel's attacks and Hamas' alleged misuse of the facilities. Earlier this week, however, the Israeli military gave a small group of reporters a tour of a tunnel that was uncovered beneath the European Hospital, where it said it had recovered the body of Hamas' military chief Mohammed Sinwar. 'We cannot stress this enough: Hospitals must never be militarized or targeted. If they are, it may constitute a war crime,' Laerke said. Of Gaza's 36 hospitals, none are fully functioning; 17 are providing partial services, and 19 are not functioning at all, according to World Health Organization data from Monday. The wider health system, including ambulances, field hospitals and clinics, has been attacked more than 700 times since the start of the war, killing at least 900 people and injuring more than 1,000. (The death toll across Gaza is more than 55,000, according to the health ministry.) After a ceasefire was called in January, Israeli military attacks on Gaza's health system had abated. The truce fell apart in March, and WHO data shows a ramping up of attacks in recent weeks. While the organization tallied five attacks on Gaza's health system in April, after the first three weeks of May, the number of attacks had quadrupled to 21, with at least three more attacks since, including on the vicinity of a dialysis center at the Indonesian Hospital on June 1 and strikes on Al-Aqsa and Al-Ahli Hospitals on June 4 and 5. In addition, hostilities near Al-Amal Hospital have rendered it 'out of service,' the WHO said Monday. The earliest attack recorded by NBC News during that two-month period was on April 2, when an Israeli airstrike hit a UNRWA clinic in Jabalia, north of Gaza City, that was housing displaced people. Video captured by NBC News on the ground documented the chaotic aftermath: walls crushed to rubble, charred mattresses, furniture blasted into shards. A child's small, shrouded body was loaded onto a donkey cart to be taken to the morgue. In another case, the Israel Defense Forces struck two hospitals on the same day, May 13, both in Khan Younis. Video verified by NBC News shows several large plumes of smoke rising from the grounds of the European Hospital. Palestinian health officials said at least 16 people were killed and dozens more injured. The WHO said the facility had been forced to suspend services. Also struck that day was the Nasser Medical Complex. Video posted by the U.N. showed scattered debris, twisted hospital beds and damaged equipment. It was the fourth time Nasser had been hit during the war, according to the U.N., with the latest strike killing two people and injuring a dozen others. In a statement in response to those attacks, the IDF said its forces had targeted a command and control center located at Nasser Hospital and 'a Hamas underground terrorist infrastructure site' underneath the European Hospital. The IDF provided evidence of what it said was a Hamas tunnel beneath the European Hospital. It did not, however, provide evidence for the command and control center at Nasser, or for the following cases, but broadly said: 'The Hamas terrorist organization continues to use hospitals in the Gaza Strip for terrorist activity.' NBC News is not able to independently verify the IDF's statements.
Hindustan Times
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
UN votes overwhelmingly to demand Gaza ceasefire, aid access and hostage release
U.N. member nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages held by Hamas, and unrestricted access for the delivery of desperately needed food to 2 million Palestinians. The vote in the 193-member General Assembly was 149-12 with 19 abstentions. It was adopted with a burst of applause. The resolution, drafted by Spain, 'strongly condemns any use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.' Also Read: Hamas is running out of money amid war with Israel: Report Speaking before the vote, Israel's U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon vehemently opposed the resolution. He denied that Israel was using starvation as a weapon of war, calling the accusation 'blood libel,' and insisted that aid is being delivered. Experts and human rights workers say hunger is widespread in Gaza and some 2 million Palestinians are at risk of famine if Israel does not fully lift its blockade and halt its military campaign, which it renewed in March after ending a ceasefire with Hamas. Also Read: Who was Mohammed Sinwar? Hamas leader Netanyahu claims Israel has killed At the start of Thursday's meeting, Spain's U.N. Ambassador Héctor José Gómez Hernández urged members to vote in favor of the resolution in light of 'the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza.' The Palestinian U.N. ambassador, Riyad Mansour, also pleaded with U.N. members to vote in favor. 'The actions you take today to stop the killing, displacement and the famine will determine how many more Palestinian children die a horrible death,' he said. Also Read: Trump says US should 'take' Gaza, make it a 'freedom zone' amid Israel-Hamas war Last week, the U.N. Security Council failed to pass a resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and calling on Israel to lift all restrictions on the delivery of aid. The United States vetoed the resolution because it was not linked to the release of the hostages, while all 14 other members of the council voted in favor. There are no vetoes in the 193-member General Assembly. But unlike in the Security Council, assembly resolutions are not legally binding, though they are seen as a barometer of world opinion. After a 10-week blockade that barred all aid to Gaza, Israel is allowing the United Nations to deliver a trickle of food assistance and is backing a newly created U.S. aid group, which has opened several sites in the center and south of the territory to deliver food parcels. But the aid system rolled out last month by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been troubled by near-daily shootings as crowds make their way to aid sites, while the longstanding U.N.-run system has struggled to deliver food because of Israeli restrictions and a breakdown of law and order. Like the failed Security Council resolution, the resolution passed on Thursday does not condemn Hamas' deadly attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which ignited the war, or say the militant group must disarm and withdraw from Gaza. Both are U.S. demands. Acting U.S. Ambassador Dorothy Shea told the assembly before the vote that the resolution 'sends an unacceptable message to Hamas and other Iran-backed terrorist proxies, and that message is, you will be rewarded for taking hostages, diverting aid and launching attacks from civilian areas.' The resolution references a March 28 legally binding order by the top United Nations court for Israel to open more land crossings into Gaza for food, water, fuel and other supplies. The International Court of Justice issued the order in a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of acts of genocide in its war in Gaza, charges Israel strongly denies. The resolution stresses that Israel, as an occupying power, has an obligation under international law to ensure that humanitarian aid reaches those in need. It reiterates the assembly's commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with the Gaza Strip as part of a Palestinian state. The assembly is holding a high-level meeting next week to push for a two-state solution, which Israel has rejected. The resolution supports mediation efforts by Egypt, Qatar and the United States aimed at implementing a January ceasefire agreement. The Hamas-led militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 hostages. About 55 hostages are still being held. Israel's military campaign has killed over 55,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. It says women and children make up most of the dead, but doesn't distinguish between civilians and combatants. Israel says it has killed more than 20,000 militants, without providing evidence.
Wall Street Journal
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
The ‘Ghost of al-Qassam' Becomes Hamas's Third Leader in Seven Months
After more than 600 days of war and years of being steered by the brothers Yahya and Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas has a new leader in the Gaza Strip. The U.S.-designated terrorist group has handed control of its operations in the enclave to Ezzedin al-Haddad, an experienced fighter who helped plan the deadly Oct. 7 attacks, recruits the organization's fighters and oversees the captivity of Israeli hostages, keeping photos of many on his phone, Arab and Israeli officials and a former hostage said.
