In both areas, military positions had been attacked and several Palestinians killed, the IDF reported, terming them “terrorists.”
Military spokesman Daniel Hagari officially announced the death of the Hamas leader on Thursday evening.
An Israeli military spokesman said that the reports were being examined.
WAFA reported that six people were killed in an Israeli attack on a building in the city.
Saudi Arabia has condemned Israel’s deadly airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a foreign ministry statement said on Wednesday.
Local medical sources said the bombing led to the killing of at least 21 people.
The hospital said that the Israeli army had been preventing fuel supplies since Sunday.
There are no tents left for people as the Rafah crossing continues to be closed due to Israel’s operations.
Israel is to deliver its response at the court on Friday.
Some 110,000 people have left Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip since the Israeli army started advancing on the city.
