An Israeli strike in Gaza City killed Jamal Abu Saeed, whom the IDF and Shin Bet said was chief of operations in Hamas's military intelligence arm and had held hostage Omer Shem Tov

An ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Hamas that escalated on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a large-scale assault on southern Israel, killing over 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Israel's subsequent military campaign in Gaza has triggered a severe humanitarian crisis with mass casualties and widespread displacement.

Hamas is a Palestinian Islamist political and military organization founded in 1987 during the First Intifada, governing the Gaza Strip since 2007 and designated a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, and other countries.