Israeli military says it has killed head of Hamas’ aerial wing, as militant group says Netanyahu ‘will not achieve a military victory’
Flares fired by the Israeli army light up the sky east of Khan Yunis on the southern Gaza Strip on October 27th as battles between Israel and Hamas continue. Photograph: Said Khatib/Getty ImagesThe Palestinian militant group that rules Gaza had said its fighters were clashing with Israeli troops in areas near the border with Israel after Israel reported intensified attacks in Gaza.
The Israeli Defence Forces said its fighter jets struck Asem Abu Rakaba, head of the Hamas Aerial Array, who was responsible for Hamas’ UAVs, drones, paragliders, aerial detection and aerial defence. Israeli ground forces had massed outside Gaza, where Israel has been conducting an intense campaign of aerial bombardment since the October 7th attack. Israel says 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed and more than 200 taken hostage, some of them foreign nationals or with dual Israeli nationality.
In New York late on Friday, hundreds of protesters demanding a ceasefire in the conflict forced officials to close Grand Central Terminal, one of the city's major transit hubs, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.Demonstrators demanding a ceasefire in Gaza fill the main hall at Grand Central Terminal in New York on Friday. Photograph: Bing Guan/The New York Times
US defence secretary Lloyd Austin, in a call with Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant, “underscored the importance of protecting civilians” during operations in Gaza, the Pentagon said on Friday. The head of the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, Catherine Russell, said her agency too could no longer communicate with staff in Gaza.
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