“Hamas Centers” –

Israeli raids on Gaza and Beirut on the eve of the October 7 anniversary. The death toll from the overnight attack on a mosque in the Strip is 21 victims, according to local Civil Protection and a nearby hospital. This was reported by CNN which also shows a video with chaotic scenes while the bodies are extracted from the rubble after the raid on the religious site of Deir el Balah. The mosque “hosted displaced people in front of the gate of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip,” agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said. The Israeli military said it had “conducted a precise attack on Hamas terrorists who were operating inside a command and control center” at the mosque.

The IDF also confirmed that another raid was carried out on a second Hamas control center in Deir al-Balah, located on the former site of the Shuhada al-Aqsa mosque, where Hamas medical officials said five people were killed and 20 injured. The command centers were used by Hamas to plan and carry out terrorist attacks against IDF forces and the State of Israel, the army says.

At the same time, the IDF says it carried out a series of targeted airstrikes on Hezbollah sites in Beirut, including several weapons depots and other terrorist infrastructure. The Time of Israel reports it. The attacks were preceded by extensive measures to mitigate harm to civilians, including advance warning of impending raids. The army accuses Hezbollah of placing its weapons storage and production sites under residential buildings in the Lebanese capital, endangering the population, and vows to continue to forcefully strike Hezbollah’s military assets.