Hamas warned opposing militias that their days were numbered and that the Israeli military could not protect them. The threat came after some militias have carried out successful operations against Hamas in recent weeks and months.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that Abu Obeida, Hamas’s spokesperson, was killed in Gaza on Saturday. Abu Obeida was one of Hamas’s few senior members left from before its launch of the October 7 surprise attack on Israel, and he played a central role in the Islamist group’s propaganda apparatus.
