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Israel kills Nael Sakhl, a member of the Hamas headquarters in the West Bank, in Gaza
Israeli forces confirmed on Thursday that they had killed in an attack in Gaza two weeks ago Nael Sakhl, a “major terrorist” who was operating at Hamas headquarters in the occupied West Bank, directing the planning of attacks.
“On July 24, during a joint activity of the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet in the Gaza Strip, the important Hamas terrorist Nael Sakhl was attacked,” said a military statement.
Sakhl was involved in the direction of “terrorist attacks in Judea and Samaria”, a biblical and historical term with which Israel refers to the occupied West Bank, which in parallel to the war in Gaza is experiencing its greatest peak of violence with more than 620 Palestinians killed since October 7, 20 of them since last Saturday in Israeli raids and attacks in Tulkarem, Tubas and Yenin.
Israel pointed out that several days after the attack, “intelligence information was received indicating that it had been eliminated.”
“For more than a decade, Nael operated in the ‘West Bank headquarters’ of Hamas, responsible for directing terrorist activities in Judea and Samaria; in addition to being involved in the direction of terrorist activities, financing and supplying weapons to cells that promoted terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers in that area,” explained the statement of the Army and Shin Bet.
At least 22 people were killed and 77 were injured in the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, according to figures from the Gaza Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas.
Since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Palestinian enclave, ten months ago, 39,699 people have died and more than 91,700 have been injured in Gaza. In addition, it is estimated that the bodies of about 10,000 disappeared are still buried under the rubble.
In the last few hours, at least 15 people died and another 15 were injured in an attack on the Bureij refugee camp, in the center of the Strip, according to Palestinian sources.
On the other hand, the Israeli Army said on Thursday “not to be aware” of any incident that has injured a humanitarian worker after the NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK) reported last night the death of his partner Nadi Sallout near Deir al Balah, in central Gaza.
“So far, the armed forces are not aware of any incident in which an employee of the organization has been injured during his work in recent days,” said a brief military statement that alludes to a preliminary investigation by the Army.
World Central Kitchen, the NGO of Spanish chef José Andrés, said it was unaware of the details of the incident, although it believes that Sallout was not working at the time of his death.
“The Army examines each exceptional incident individually,” says the statement about the event of the armed forces, so it is expected that in the coming hours it will give more details about it.
The Israeli Army again ordered the evacuation of multiple eastern neighborhoods of the city of Jan Yunis, in southern Gaza, assuring that Palestinian militiamen “continue to fire rockets” from these areas, in which the armed forces already carried out an offensive at the end of July that left about 300 dead.
The Arabic spokesman of the Army, Avichay Adraee, disseminated on social network X the call “to residents who have not evacuated” the areas of Al Salqa, Al Qarara, Bani Suhaila, Abasan, Khirbet Khuza’a, all in the east and northeast of Jan Yunis, to flee to the “humanitarian zone” of Mawasi, where thousands of Palestinians are already cramming into a swarm of tents with poor humanitarian conditions.
“The armed forces will act vigorously against these elements,” warned the military spokesman, in which he foresees a new offensive where the Army had already ended its activities.
Shortly after the armed forces issued their evacuation order, the Gaza Civil Defense services announced that they had recovered five dead from the rubble of a house in Al Qarara, the result of a bombing of the Israeli aviation.
In addition, they rescued two wounded and continue to search for a missing person.
The Israeli Army bombed two schools in Gaza City on Thursday, that of Abdul Fattah Hamud and Al Zahraa, killing at least 12 people, according to the Civil Defense of the enclave.
“Air force fighter planes recently attacked, selectively and under the direction of the intelligence of Shin Bet and the South Command, control and command complexes” of Hamas which, according to the military statement that corroborated the bombing, were camouflaged among the schools.
Civil Defense reported the death of seven Palestinians in Al Zahraa and five others in Abdul Fattah Hamud, while local media pointed to at least thirty injured and several missing.
In videos broadcast on Palestinian channels after the event, several people are observed carrying the remains of the deceased in a van, while another man shows journalists in the area the viscera collected at the site of the attack.
The Israeli Army assures that it has taken measures to reduce the chances of harming civilians, “including the use of precision weapons, surveillance and additional intelligence,” as it often warns in statements about attacks that kill what they usually call “uninvolved civilians.”
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Trump floats Vance-Rubio potential Republican ticket for 2028 election
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubiocould potentially form a Republican presidential ticket for the 2028 elections.
Speaking during a dinner with law enforcement officials as part of National Police Week, Trump publicly praised both officials and said they could make “an ideal team” for the next presidential race.
“Who likes JD Vance? Who likes Marco Rubio?” Trump asked attendees before adding that the pair “sound like a good combination.”
The president highlighted his vice president’s performance in office, stating that their current partnership has been highly effective. “JD is perfect, that has been a perfect formula,” Trump told reporters later.
He further suggested that a Vance-Rubio pairing could represent a strong presidential and vice-presidential ticket, although he stopped short of offering any formal endorsement.
“I think it sounds like a presidential candidate and a vice-presidential candidate,” he said, while clarifying that his remarks should not be interpreted as an official backing of any future campaign.
So far, neither Vance nor Rubio has publicly confirmed any intention to run in the 2028 presidential election.
Rubio previously sought the Republican nomination in 2016 but withdrew after losing the primary race to Trump. Later, in a December 2025 interview with Vanity Fair, he said he would be among the first to support Vance if he decided to run for the White House.
Vance, meanwhile, has recently dismissed speculation of any political rivalry with Rubio amid growing discussion about potential future GOP leadership.
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Russia Accuses Ukraine of Violating Victory Day Truce
Russia accused Ukraine on Saturday of violating a Victory Day truce that was reportedly agreed with mediation from the United States, claiming that Ukrainian forces carried out attacks on Russian territory as well as on the annexed Crimean peninsula.
Despite the declared ceasefire, the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement that Ukrainian forces attacked Russian military positions using attack drones and artillery.
According to the ministry, Ukrainian forces made twelve attempts to advance toward Russian-held positions across several sectors of the front line.
It also alleged that Ukrainian strikes targeted civilian infrastructure in Crimea, several border regions, the Caucasus, and other areas including Moscow and Perm in the Ural region.
The Defense Ministry estimated around 8,900 violations of the ceasefire in total, including more than 7,000 drone attacks and over 1,000 strikes involving tanks, artillery, multiple rocket launch systems, and mortars since the truce came into effect at midnight.
Russia said its forces responded “symmetrically” to what it described as violations by Ukrainian troops.
Earlier, the Kremlin denied claims that Ukraine attempted to sabotage a military parade in Red Square marking the 81st anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
“No attempts were made. Everything went well,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told local media.
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Trump Says U.S.-Iran Talks Progressing, Signals Possible Deal on Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Washington is holding “very good” talks with Iran and stated that there is a strong possibility of reaching an agreement to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
“We’ve had very good conversations over the last 44 hours, and it’s very possible that we’ll reach an agreement,” Trump said during an event held in the Oval Office at the White House.
The president’s remarks came just hours after he announced a temporary suspension of the military operation aimed at escorting vessels stranded in the Persian Gulf due to Iran’s blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Trump explained that the pause in operations is intended to facilitate diplomatic negotiations between both sides and prevent further military escalation in the region.
“We’re in good shape, and right now things are going well. Now we have to achieve what we need to achieve. If we don’t, we’ll have to go much further,” the Republican president warned.
In a post published on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump reiterated that if Iran accepts Washington’s proposed conditions, military operations and the naval blockade affecting the Islamic republic would come to an end.
However, he also issued a new warning to the Iranian government, stating that the United States would respond with attacks “of greater intensity” if Tehran rejects the agreement promoted by the White House.
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