ISRAEL SAYS STRIKE TARGETED ISLAMIC JIHAD MEMBER
Israel’s military said it carried out a strike in central Gaza against a militant “planning to attack Israeli troops.” Local medics said four people were wounded when a drone hit a car, though there were no immediate reports of deaths.
Israeli tanks also shelled eastern Gaza City, witnesses said. The military did not immediately comment on those reports.
Hamas warned that excluding it from postwar security arrangements could “lead to chaos and a security vacuum.”
Meanwhile, Israeli media said authorities had allowed Egyptian officials into Gaza to help locate the bodies of 13 Israelis still held there from the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack.
As part of the ceasefire, Hamas has agreed to return all hostages it abducted, though remains of those 13 victims are still in the enclave.
Rubio is the latest senior US official to visit the region after Vice President JD Vance, and said US military chief General Dan Caine is expected in Israel next week.
