The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they unfold.
IDF says it struck terror command centers in Gaza mosque, school, took steps to not harm civilians
The Israeli military says warplanes conducted a pinpoint strike a short while ago on terror operatives who were at a command center in a compound that formerly housed the Ibn Rushd school in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza strip.
Additionally, the IDF says another pinpoint airstrike targeted a second Hamas control center in Deir al-Balah, located in the former site of the Shuhada al-Aqsa mosque — where Hamas medical officials have claimed 5 were killed and 20 injured.
The command centers were used by Hamas to plan and carry out terror attacks against IDF forces and the State of Israel, the army says.
Both strikes were carried out at the direction of the Military Intelligence Directorate, and only after many steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including using accurate munitions, aerial visual intelligence and more intelligence information, the IDF adds.
Hamas medical officials claim several killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza mosque
Hamas medical officials claim that at least five people have been killed and 20 wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a mosque, near the Al-Aqsa Hospital, in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza strip.
There is no immediate reaction from the IDF, which has repeatedly accused terrorists of operating from within civilian sites in Gaza amid the war, including mosques, and has said it takes measures to mitigate harm to civilians.
A quarter of Israelis have weighed leaving the country amid ongoing war, poll finds
Almost a quarter of Israelis have weighed leaving the country during the past year amid the multifront war, a survey by Kantar Insights and the Kan public broadcaster has found.
According to the poll, conducted last week among a representative sample of Israeli adults, 1% of respondents said they have already left and returned or are planning to return; 23% said they have considered leaving — temporarily or permanently — but haven’t done so; 67% said they haven’t considered leaving; and 9% didn’t answer or said they don’t know.
Unsurprisingly, the poll finds that voters of current opposition parties are more likely (36%) than coalition voters (14%) to have mulled leaving the country. Secular respondents are similarly more likely to have weighed moving than their religious counterparts.
Among respondents who said they have weighed leaving, the poll finds 24% have checked housing options abroad, 21% examined job opportunities, 15% obtained or attempted to get a foreign passport or a visa, 5% checked out education options for their children — and just 36% didn’t make such practical inquiries.
Kan doesn’t publish the number of respondents or the margin of error.
At site of attempted assassination, Trump calls his would-be killer a ‘vicious monster’
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump returns to the site of a failed assassination attempt against him in July, calling the shooter, who killed one rally-goer, a “vicious monster.”
“Time stopped as this vicious monster unleashed pure evil from his sniper’s perch, not so far away, but by the hand of Providence and the grace of God, that villain did not succeed in his goal,” Trump tells the crowd in Butler, Pennsylvania.
IDF says it’s striking Hezbollah targets in Beirut
After Lebanese media reported airstrikes in Beirut’s southern neighborhoods following IDF evacuation orders, the Israeli military says it is striking Hezbollah terror targets in the Lebanese capital.
It doesn’t provide immediate additional details.
30 rockets fired at Kiryat Shmona; IDF says drone sirens in Golan were false alarm
Rocket alarms have sounded in Kiryat Shmona and nearby communities.
The IDF says 30 launches were identified, with some projectiles intercepted and others impacting in the mostly evacuated city.
Meanwhile, the IDF says that suspected drone infiltration sirens that sounded in the Golan about 30 minutes ago were false identifications.
Palestinians report heavy strikes, shelling in northern Gaza
Palestinian media report a series of heavy airstrikes and artillery shelling in the northern Gaza Strip.
Casualties are reported in the strikes.
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The IDF said earlier this evening that it targeted Hamas operatives at a former UNRWA compound in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza.