Tel Aviv. Israel has claimed that its forces have killed a top Hamas commander in an overnight airstrike in southern Gaza. Meanwhile, Iran's Revolutionary Guard has claimed that it has targeted a radar system located at a US helicopter base in Bahrain. The US military command has not yet commented on this claim.
Israel has claimed that it has killed a top Hamas commander during an air strike. Hamas issued a statement confirming that the commander of their 'Rafah Brigade', Samir Mahmoud Hassan Abu Younis, had been killed. Hamas said that he would be buried today itself. According to the Israeli military, Abu Younis was killed in an attack shortly after midnight on Saturday. It said that he was working to strengthen Hamas and making plans to carry forward and carry out terrorist attacks. Two months earlier, the person who held the post before him had also been killed by Israel.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed on Sunday morning that it had targeted a radar system located at a US helicopter base in Bahrain. The US Army's 'Central Command', which oversees US military activities in the Middle East, did not immediately comment. This development has come to light when Centcom had said on Friday that it had stopped two Iranian drones coming towards Bahrain. Bahrain's military said on Sunday that its air defense system intercepted several projectiles fired by Iran before they could reach their targets.
The Houthi-run health ministry said in a statement that the attack hit a residential neighborhood in Sanaa's north-eastern neighborhood early Sunday. Two women and two children have been injured in this attack. However, the ministry did not provide any further details about what was targeted in the attack. He said that the injured have been taken to Muiyad Hospital for treatment. Ministry spokesman Anis al-Asbahi blamed Saudi Arabia for the attack. There was no immediate reaction from Saudi Arabia on this.
Meanwhile, a Saudi army spokesman said that the air defense system intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis towards the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh early on Sunday. Two drones were also shot down over Saudi Arabia's oil-rich eastern region, spokesman Major General Turki al-Malki said.