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Türkiye Says It Killed 12 Kurdish Militants in Northern Iraq

Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are seen on a road in the Qandil Mountains, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq, on June 22, 2018. (AFP)
Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are seen on a road in the Qandil Mountains, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq, on June 22, 2018. (AFP)
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Türkiye Says It Killed 12 Kurdish Militants in Northern Iraq

Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are seen on a road in the Qandil Mountains, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq, on June 22, 2018. (AFP)
Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are seen on a road in the Qandil Mountains, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq, on June 22, 2018. (AFP)

Türkiye’s military has "neutralized" 12 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the Defense Ministry said on Friday.

Türkiye, which typically uses the term "neutralized" to mean killed, has been carrying out a cross-border operation called Claw-Lock in Iraq as part of the country's offensive against PKK militants.

The PKK, which has been waging an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984, is designated a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the United States and the European Union. More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict.

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Israeli Strike Kills Senior Hamas Figure in South Lebanon

Civil defense members hose down a car after an Israeli airstrike targeted a car on the edge of Lebanon's port city of Sidon, two security sources told Reuters, Lebanon August 9, 2024. (Reuters)
Civil defense members hose down a car after an Israeli airstrike targeted a car on the edge of Lebanon's port city of Sidon, two security sources told Reuters, Lebanon August 9, 2024. (Reuters)
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Israeli Strike Kills Senior Hamas Figure in South Lebanon

Civil defense members hose down a car after an Israeli airstrike targeted a car on the edge of Lebanon's port city of Sidon, two security sources told Reuters, Lebanon August 9, 2024. (Reuters)
Civil defense members hose down a car after an Israeli airstrike targeted a car on the edge of Lebanon's port city of Sidon, two security sources told Reuters, Lebanon August 9, 2024. (Reuters)

An Israeli airstrike on a car deep inside Lebanon killed a senior figure from Palestinian armed group Hamas on Friday evening, a Hamas source and two other security sources told Reuters.

The strike, on the southern edges of the Lebanese port city of Sidon some 60 kilometers (nearly 40 miles) from the frontier, killed Samer al-Hajj, a Hamas security official who works in the nearby refugee camp for Palestinians, Ain al-Hilweh. His bodyguard was critically wounded, the three sources said.

The Israeli military has been carrying out strikes against members of Hamas, allied Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and other factions in Lebanon over the last 10 months, in parallel with the Gaza war.

Those armed groups have launched rockets, drones and artillery attacks across the border into northern Israel.

While most of the hostilities have been limited to the strip of border between Israel and Lebanon, Israeli strikes targeting senior figures in Hezbollah, Hamas and other groups have taken place further north.

An Israeli strike on the outskirts of Beirut in January killed Hamas's deputy chief Saleh Arouri. Another Israeli strike on the same area last week killed Hezbollah's top military commander Fuad Shukr.

Hours after Shukr was killed, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran. Iran and its allies in the region, including Hezbollah and Hamas, have blamed Israel and vowed retaliation.