IDF says it hit a senior Hamas military figure, details to come

The Israel Defense Forces said it carried out a strike on a senior official of Hamas's military wing. In a brief post on X, the military said the operation was conducted together with the Israel Security Agency, the domestic intelligence service also known as Shin Bet. The IDF did not name the official, say where the strike happened, or confirm whether the target was killed.

Instead, the military said it would release further details soon, leaving one of its most closely watched announcements of the day with the basics still missing: who was hit, and what happened to them.

The strike lands during a crowded stretch of regional news. US Central Command said over the weekend that more than 1.7 billion barrels of crude have moved through the Strait of Hormuz by Gulf partners under American protection, sharing images of US Air Force F-16s patrolling regional waters, according to Breaking The News. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei accused Washington of threatening to starve Iranian civilians through its blockade, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi to discuss Gulf tensions and maritime security.

Elsewhere, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed the group fired several ballistic missiles at Saudi troop positions in the Kharaz area of Lahj province in southwestern Yemen, near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. The reported strikes and the Israeli operation have not been independently verified.