Israeli Military Strikes House of Hamas Leader Haniyeh in Gaza

File photo: A photo provided by the Iranian Presidency shows Ismail Haniyeh, chairman of the politburo of the Palestinian Hamas movement, meeting Ebrahim Raisi (not pictured), president of Iran, at the presidential palace in Tehran. Photo: Iranian Presidency/dpa
File photo: A photo provided by the Iranian Presidency shows Ismail Haniyeh, chairman of the politburo of the Palestinian Hamas movement, meeting Ebrahim Raisi (not pictured), president of Iran, at the presidential palace in Tehran. Photo: Iranian Presidency/dpa
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Israeli Military Strikes House of Hamas Leader Haniyeh in Gaza

File photo: A photo provided by the Iranian Presidency shows Ismail Haniyeh, chairman of the politburo of the Palestinian Hamas movement, meeting Ebrahim Raisi (not pictured), president of Iran, at the presidential palace in Tehran. Photo: Iranian Presidency/dpa
File photo: A photo provided by the Iranian Presidency shows Ismail Haniyeh, chairman of the politburo of the Palestinian Hamas movement, meeting Ebrahim Raisi (not pictured), president of Iran, at the presidential palace in Tehran. Photo: Iranian Presidency/dpa

Israeli fighter jets have struck the house of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza, the Israeli military said on Thursday.

Haniyeh's house was "used as terrorist infrastructure and often served as a meeting point for Hamas' senior leaders to direct terror attacks against Israeli civilians and Israeli army soldiers," the military said.

Israel launched its Gaza offensive in retaliation for Hamas's brutal October 7 attacks, which killed 1,200 people, most of them civilians.

With Hamas-controlled authorities claiming the death toll from the offensive has now topped 11,500, including thousands of children, calls for a truce are mounting.

The UN Security Council on Wednesday set aside deep divisions over the conflict and passed a resolution calling for "urgent and extended humanitarian pauses" in fighting.

The resolution called on Hamas and Israel to protect civilians, "especially children."

The World Health Organization says 22 of 36 hospitals in Gaza are not functional due to a lack of generator fuel, damage or combat.



Iraq's Population Reaches 45.4 Million in First Census in over 30 Years

Workers prepare to collect information from the public as Iraq began its first nationwide population census in decades, in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP)
Workers prepare to collect information from the public as Iraq began its first nationwide population census in decades, in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP)
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Iraq's Population Reaches 45.4 Million in First Census in over 30 Years

Workers prepare to collect information from the public as Iraq began its first nationwide population census in decades, in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP)
Workers prepare to collect information from the public as Iraq began its first nationwide population census in decades, in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP)

Iraq's population has risen to 45.4 million, according to preliminary results from a national census, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday.
The census, conducted on Nov. 20, was Iraq's first nationwide survey in more than three decades, marking a crucial step for future planning and development.
Prior to the census, the planning ministry estimated the population at 43 million.
The last census, conducted in 1997, did not include the Iraqi Kurdistan region, which has been under Kurdish administration since the 1991 Gulf War.
It counted 19 million Iraqis and officials estimated there were another 3 million in the Kurdish north, according to official statistics.