Israeli forces killed a top commander of the militant Hamas group in an overnight airstrike on southern Gaza, Israel said Sunday.
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Israel → kill → Gaza
Meanwhile, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed that it struck a radar system at an American helicopter base in Bahrain.
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it → claim → Bahrain
The U.S. military command did not immediately comment on the claim.
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In Yemen, health authorities with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels said an airstrike on Sanaa wounded two women and two children, and blamed Saudi Arabia for the attack, without offering evidence.
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Iran says it hit an American radar system in Bahrain
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed early on Sunday that it struck a radar system at an American helicopter base in Bahrain, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
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agency → say → Bahrain
The U.S. military’s Central Command, which oversees American forces in the Middle East, did not immediately comment.
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which → oversee → East
The development comes after CENTCOM said on Friday that it intercepted two Iranian drones headed toward Bahrain and denied Iran’s claim at the time that it had struck a U.S. early-warning radar system there.
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Bahrain’s military said Sunday that its air defense systems had intercepted a number of Iranian projectiles before they reached their targets.
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they → say → targets
Earlier Sunday, Bahrain’s Interior Ministry issued two nationwide alerts warning of a threat, the first such alerts since September.
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It did not specify the nature of the threat or say whether anything had been hit.
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anything → specify → threat
“Iran continues its systematic hostile approach through its sinful attacks targeting the Kingdom of Bahrain,” the statement added.
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statement → continue → Bahrain
Israel says it killed a top Hamas commander in Gaza
Israel said it killed a top Hamas commander in an airstrike on southern Gaza.
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A Hamas statement confirmed the killing of Samir Mahmoud Hassan Abu Younis, commander of the group’s Rafah Brigade, and said a funeral would be held for him later in the day.
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funeral → confirm → day
The Israeli military said Abu Younis was killed in a strike just after midnight Saturday.
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Younis → say → midnight
It said he had been working to build up Hamas and directing plans “to advance and carry out terror attacks.”
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Two months earlier, his predecessor was also killed in an Israeli strike.
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The military said it targeted other Hamas militants in Sunday’s strike but provided no additional details.
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Yemen’s Houthis say an airstrike wounds 4 as Saudi Arabia intercepts missiles and drones
Houthi health officials say an airstrike on Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, wounded two women and two children.
The strike hit a residential neighborhood in northeastern Sanaa early Sunday, the Houthi-run Health Ministry said in a statement, without providing further details or saying what was hit in the strike.
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It said the wounded were taken to the Muayyad Hospital for treatment.
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wounded → say → treatment
Ministry spokesman Anees al-Asbahi blamed Saudi Arabia for the strike.
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Asbahi → blame → strike
A Saudi military spokesman, meanwhile, said air defense systems intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis early on Sunday toward Riyadh, the Saudi capital.
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Two drones were also shot down over the Saudi oil-rich Eastern Region, said the spokesman, Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki.
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spokesman → shoot → Region
The airstrike in Sanaa and the missile and drone attacks in Saudi Arabia were the latest in a monthslong escalation between the Houthis and the kingdom that has seen a return of fighting in Yemen’s civil war after more than four years of ceasefire.
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This report will be updated throughout the day as new developments emerge.
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