Israel

Israel killed Issa Batran, a Hamas military commander and rocket maker in central Gaza, in an airstrike on his convoy. Israel also targeted a training camp and tunnels to Egypt. The strikes took place after Hamas fired a Grad rocket into Ashkelon.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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