1 killed in Israel’s first Gaza strike in over a week

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Israel executed its first airstrike in over a week in Gaza targeting a Hamas commander accused of planning attacks against Israeli forces. The strike resulted in one fatality amid ongoing tensions, as the US pushes a peace plan in the conflict-ridden region.

Israel on Wednesday carried out its first air strike in more than a week in Gaza, both sides said, breaking a relative lull as the US pressed a peace plan. The Israeli military said it targeted a Hamas commander, charging that he had been planning attacks against Israeli forces operating in the war-battered territory. “The terrorist was struck in an aerial strike in order to remove the threat to IDF troops,” a military statement said, adding that it tried to mitigate civilian harm. Gaza’s civil...