Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, announced the assassination of Iran’s top security chief, Ali Larijani, on Tuesday.
The Israeli military has killed Islamic Jihad’s top commander in Lebanon, the Israel Defence Forces said on Monday.
The Israel Defence Forces said the wave of strikes hit military infrastructure used by the Iranian-backed group to plan attacks against the Jewish state.
Israel is reopening Gaza’s Rafah crossing for pedestrians after efforts to find the remains of the last Israeli hostage ended, says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.
Israel has confirmed the release of an additional 13 hostages on Monday, adding that no more living hostages are in Hamas’ captivity.
The IDF identified the seven hostages released as Gaza, Matan, Gali, Ziv, Alon, Eitan, Omri, and Guy, posting a photo of them on social media.
IDF said the slain Hamas spokesman led propaganda and psychological terror campaigns.
The Israeli military announced on Wednesday the creation of a 15-kilometre-long security corridor in the southern Gaza Strip that effectively splits the city of Khan Younis in two.
Mr Pezeshkian also slammed the “hypocritical” approach adopted by the United States and certain European countries towards the crisis.
“While this is not the end of the war in Gaza, it’s the beginning of the end,” Mr Netanyahu declared.
