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Airport in Libya's Tripoli Re-opens

A Libyan army helicopter that was hit by shrapnel following an air strike is pictured at Mitiga International Airport in the capital Tripoli on April 8, 2019 - AFP
A Libyan army helicopter that was hit by shrapnel following an air strike is pictured at Mitiga International Airport in the capital Tripoli on April 8, 2019 - AFP
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Airport in Libya's Tripoli Re-opens

A Libyan army helicopter that was hit by shrapnel following an air strike is pictured at Mitiga International Airport in the capital Tripoli on April 8, 2019 - AFP
A Libyan army helicopter that was hit by shrapnel following an air strike is pictured at Mitiga International Airport in the capital Tripoli on April 8, 2019 - AFP

Libya has reopened Tripoli's only functioning airport, according to a posting on the airport authorities' Facebook page on Sunday.

Mitiga airport was closed earlier in the day after residents reported an air strike on the Libyan capital.

A Reuters reporter and several residents said they saw an aircraft circling for more than 10 minutes over the capital with a humming sound before opening fire.

Witnesses had reported drone strikes in the past days but there has been no confirmation.

Explosions heard in the city center this time were louder than in previous days, Reuters reported.

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Israeli Security Service Says 60 Hamas Members Arrested in West Bank

An Israeli military vehicle uses a laser, on the day of an Israeli raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 21, 2025. (Reuters)
An Israeli military vehicle uses a laser, on the day of an Israeli raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 21, 2025. (Reuters)
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Israeli Security Service Says 60 Hamas Members Arrested in West Bank

An Israeli military vehicle uses a laser, on the day of an Israeli raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 21, 2025. (Reuters)
An Israeli military vehicle uses a laser, on the day of an Israeli raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 21, 2025. (Reuters)

Israel's security service said Sunday it had broken up a network of Hamas militants in the occupied West Bank suspected of planning attacks, arresting 60 of the group's members.

The Shin Bet internal security agency said in a statement that "a significant, complex, and large-scale Hamas infrastructure was exposed" in the West Bank town of Hebron, AFP reported.

It said it broke up 10 militant cells that "operated to carry out attacks in various formats in the immediate time frame".

Hamas leaders "worked to recruit, arm, and train additional Hamas operatives from the area to carry out shooting and bombing attacks against Israeli targets", according to the statement.

Shin Bet said the three-month joint operation with the military and police was its biggest investigation in the West Bank "in the past decade".

It said terrorism charges were being filed against the suspects.