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.



Palestinians Must Not Be Expelled from Gaza, Berlin Says After Trump Comments 

Internally displaced Palestinians make their way from southern to northern Gaza along Al-Rashid road, central Gaza Strip, 27 January 2025. (EPA)
Internally displaced Palestinians make their way from southern to northern Gaza along Al-Rashid road, central Gaza Strip, 27 January 2025. (EPA)
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Palestinians Must Not Be Expelled from Gaza, Berlin Says After Trump Comments 

Internally displaced Palestinians make their way from southern to northern Gaza along Al-Rashid road, central Gaza Strip, 27 January 2025. (EPA)
Internally displaced Palestinians make their way from southern to northern Gaza along Al-Rashid road, central Gaza Strip, 27 January 2025. (EPA)

The Palestinian population must not be expelled from Gaza, the German foreign ministry said on Monday after US President Donald Trump said Jordan and Egypt should take in Palestinians.

Asked for a reaction to Trump's comments, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Berlin shared the view of "the European Union, our Arab partners, the United Nations ... that the Palestinian population must not be expelled from Gaza and Gaza must not be permanently occupied or recolonized by Israel."

Jordan is already home to several million Palestinians, while tens of thousands live in Egypt. Both countries and other Arab nations reject the idea of Palestinians in Gaza being moved to their countries. Gaza is land that Palestinians would want as part of a future Palestinian state.