Israel-Gaza updates: Netanyahu says war to continue 'on all fronts'

The Israel Defense Forces said early Wednesday that it has killed a top Palestinian militant in an airstrike in the occupied West Bank, averting "an imminent, large-scale terrorist attack" he was allegedly planning.

Ahmed Abdullah Abu Shalal and members of his terrorist cell were "eliminated in a precision airstrike" at the Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to the IDF. It was unclear exactly how many individuals were killed in the strike.

"Abdullah was responsible for carrying out a number of terrorist attacks over the last year, including the shooting attack in the Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood in Jerusalem last April during which two Jerusalem residents were injured," the IDF said in a statement. "Additionally, he was responsible for the bombing attack against IDF soldiers last October during which a soldier was injured."

"Under Abdullah's leadership, the terrorist infrastructure in the Balata camp in Nablus has received funding and guidance from Iranian sources who are in cooperation with terrorist headquarters in both the Gaza Strip and abroad," the IDF added.

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Itay Svirsky, 35, and Yossi Sharabi, 53 -- two hostages who appeared in a video released by Hamas earlier this week -- have been confirmed dead, according to Kibbutz Be'eri.

"Their bodies are in the hands of Hamas, we will demand their return with the rest of our abductees," Kibbutz Be'eri, one of the communities attacked by the terrorist group on Oct. 7, said in a statement on Tuesday. "Our hearts are with the families in their immense pain. May they rest in peace."

Svirsky was at his parents' home in the kibbutz when he was abducted, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

Hamas released a video on Sunday showing the two men, as well as 26-year-old Noa Argamani, while calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war on Gaza.

Following the release of the hostage video, the IDF said they told the men's families that "there is grave concern for their lives" and denied Hamas' claims that Israeli forces shot Svirsky.

Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi said Tuesday that Israel is creating hurdles to the entry of aid into the war-torn Gaza Strip.

Jordan is working in coordination with the United Nations to deliver aid to Gaza, but only 10% of the total needs of the more than 2 million Palestinians who live there are currently being met, according to Safadi.

"The reality now is that Israeli measures are preventing sufficient aid from arriving and only a fraction is being delivered," Safadi said during a press conference in Amman.

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At least one person was killed and 17 others were injured on Monday afternoon in car-ramming attacks that took place in various locations across Ra'anana, Israel, authorities said.

Two suspects -- identified as a pair of Palestinian men from the Hebron area in the Israeli-occupied West Bank -- allegedly stole multiple vehicles before ramming them into crowds of pedestrians in Ra'anana, about 13 miles north of Tel Aviv, according to the Israel Police.

Both suspects have since been arrested. The incidents and the motive remains under investigation, police said.

The victim killed was an elderly woman, according to police.

Fourteen of the 17 injured remained hospitalized Monday evening, officials said. At least seven children were among the injured.

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1 dead, over a dozen injured in car-ramming attacks in Israel

At least one person was killed and 13 others were injured on Monday afternoon in car-ramming attacks in various locations across Ra'anana, Israel, authorities said.

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