ISIS Attack Thwarted in Southern Libya

A photo, released by the LNA, shows the scene of the attack in Zella.
A photo, released by the LNA, shows the scene of the attack in Zella.
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ISIS Attack Thwarted in Southern Libya

A photo, released by the LNA, shows the scene of the attack in Zella.
A photo, released by the LNA, shows the scene of the attack in Zella.

A leaked confidential document from the Libyan interior ministry revealed that 100 terrorists have set up base at Libya’s Watiya Air Base.

The Libyan National Army (LNA), commanded by Khalifa Haftar, meanwhile announced that it had thwarted a suicide attack by the ISIS terrorist group in southern Libya.

LNA spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari said the terrorist had attempted to detonate a booby-trapped vehicle at a military position in the southern town of Zella.

A clash ensued with the LNA, with the attacker being fatally wounded. Moments before dying, he said that he hailed from Sudan.

Zella is a small oasis town that lies south of Sirte city and near an oilfield carrying the same name.

The attack coincided with a revelation that some 100 Tunisian terrorists at the Watiya base were planning to infiltrate Tunisia to carry out attacks.

The information was revealed by Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) Interior Minister Khaled Mazen in correspondence to several heads of security agencies and police forces in Arab and international countries.

In the leaked letter, Mazen called for intensifying operations and efforts to thwart any terrorist plots.



Hamas Claims Attack on Israeli Bus in West Bank That Wounded 8 People, Including 4 Soldiers

Four people suffered bullet wounds, three of them serious, and four others were lightly injured by shards of glass, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service - AFP
Four people suffered bullet wounds, three of them serious, and four others were lightly injured by shards of glass, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service - AFP
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Hamas Claims Attack on Israeli Bus in West Bank That Wounded 8 People, Including 4 Soldiers

Four people suffered bullet wounds, three of them serious, and four others were lightly injured by shards of glass, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service - AFP
Four people suffered bullet wounds, three of them serious, and four others were lightly injured by shards of glass, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service - AFP

Hamas claimed responsibility for a shooting attack on an Israeli bus in the occupied West Bank on Friday that wounded eight people, including four soldiers.

It was the latest violence to scar the territory as tensions run high 14 months into the Israel-Hamas war.

The attacker, who Hamas identified in a statement as Samer Hussein, 46, was killed by Israeli troops shortly after opening fire toward the bus at a junction near the Israeli settlement of Ariel.

The military said four soldiers were lightly wounded. Paramedics said three people were critically wounded.

Attacks by Palestinian fighters on Israelis in the volatile territory have grown more common since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, as Palestinian deaths have also spiked.  

Israeli fire has killed 796 Palestinians since Oct. 7, 2023, mostly in military raids on Palestinian cities and towns. Attacks by settlers on Palestinians and their property have also increased.