Israeli strike in Khan Younis kills senior Islamic Jihad commander

The Israeli military said it killed a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement in an airstrike on the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Saturday. The army described the targeted figure as a high-ranking member of the group's armed wing. Gaza's Health Ministry said hospitals received four bodies and 14 wounded people over the past 24 hours from Israeli military operations across the Strip. The ministry said the overall death toll in Gaza since October 7, 2023 has risen to 73,333, with 174,023 people wounded. The strike on Khan Younis came amid continuing Israeli air operations in other parts of the Gaza Strip. No further details about the operation or the targeted commander were immediately provided by the Israeli military.