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Israeli Military Says It Killed Two Attackers Crossing from Jordan

Israeli soldiers monitor the border with Jordan (archive photo - Israeli army).
Israeli soldiers monitor the border with Jordan (archive photo - Israeli army).
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Israeli Military Says It Killed Two Attackers Crossing from Jordan

Israeli soldiers monitor the border with Jordan (archive photo - Israeli army).
Israeli soldiers monitor the border with Jordan (archive photo - Israeli army).

The Israeli military said its forces have “neutralized” attackers crossing from Jordan into Israel south of the Dead Sea region and neutralized two of them after they opened fire on Israeli forces, the Israeli army said in a statement on Friday.
Israeli military often uses the term "neutralization" to indicate that attackers have been killed, but it can also refer to their arrest or injuries, meaning they are no longer capable of causing harm.
Avichai Adraee, the spokesperson for the Israeli army, stated in a post on the X platform that the military forces "recently spotted a number of assailants who crossed from Jordan into Israeli territory south of the Dead Sea. The forces rushed to the location and managed to neutralize two assailants who opened fire at them".

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Hamas Confirms Death of Leader Yahya Sinwar

Yahya Sinwar, Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, waves to Palestinians during a rally to mark the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), in Gaza, April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo
Yahya Sinwar, Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, waves to Palestinians during a rally to mark the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), in Gaza, April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo
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Hamas Confirms Death of Leader Yahya Sinwar

Yahya Sinwar, Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, waves to Palestinians during a rally to mark the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), in Gaza, April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo
Yahya Sinwar, Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, waves to Palestinians during a rally to mark the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), in Gaza, April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo

Hamas on Friday confirmed its leader Yahya Sinwar had been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza, a day after Israel announced his death.

"We mourn the great leader, the martyred brother, Yahya Sinwar, Abu Ibrahim," Qatar-based Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya said in a recorded video statement broadcast by Al Jazeera, AFP reported.

Sinwar became Israel's most wanted man after the October 7, 2023 attack, the deadliest in Israeli history.

In his statement, Hayya said Hamas would not release the hostages it seized from Israel during the attack until the war in Gaza ends.

The hostages "will not return... unless the aggression against our people in Gaza stops," the senior Hamas official said, as he called on Israel to withdraw from Gaza and release Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.

Hayya said the group would take strength from Sinwar's killing, which he said has set him among "the leaders and symbols of the movement who preceded him".