The Israeli military said that it killed a senior Hamas leader in an airstrike on Gaza around three months ago.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Thursday that the strike on an underground compound in northern Gaza killed Rawhi Mushtaha and two other Hamas commanders, Sameh Siraj and Sameh Oudeh.
Hamas has not yet commented on the claims.
More than 240 rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards northern Israel throughout Wednesday, according to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
One person suffered minor injuries as a result of falling glass shards or shrapnel during the attacks on the Western Galilee, medics say, but there are no other reports of injuries.
The rocket fire seems to be continuing into Thursday, with warning sirens in at least four areas in northern Israel so far, according to the IDF's Telegram channel.
Israel bombed Beirut early on Thursday morning, killing at least six people as their battle with the Hezbollah terror group continues, according to Lebanese authorities.
The Israel Defense Forces said it had conducted a precise air strike on the Lebanese capital, with Reuters reporting witnesses hearing a huge blast.
At least six people were killed and seven wounded, Lebanese health officials said, in what is believed to be the closest an Israeli strike has come to the center of Beirut in this current conflict.
An American has been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, according to the U.S. congresswoman representing his constituency.
Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib's office said on Wednesday it was in touch with the family of Kamel Ahmad Jawad of Dearborn, Michigan, adding he was the congresswoman's constituent and an American citizen.
Jawad was in Lebanon taking care of his elderly mother, the Detroit News reported.
Israel said regular infantry and armored units had joined ground operations in Lebanon on Wednesday following Iran's missile attack against the Jewish state.
Hezbollah said its fighters engaged the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Lebanese soil, reporting ground clashes for the first time since the IDF crossed the border on Monday.
The terror group claimed it had destroyed three Israeli Merkava tanks with rockets near the border town of Maroun El Ras.
Around 100 U.S. citizens and noncitizen family members left Beirut, Lebanon, on a flight organized by the U.S. government on Oct. 2, according to U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller.
The United States has been helping to organize evacuations out of Lebanon as Israeli forces have intensified operations targeting Hezbollah.
Miller said the aircraft chartered for the Wednesday flight had seats for around 300 people.
Hamas has claimed responsibility for a mass shooting in Tel Aviv-Jaffa that left seven dead and several others injured on Oct. 1.
The Qassam Brigades—the armed wing of Hamas—said two of its operatives were responsible for carrying out the shooting attack near a light rail station.
Israeli police said the gunmen boarded the light rail and opened fire on passengers, then continued on foot to attack pedestrians before being stopped by a security patrol and an armed civilian who killed one attacker and critically wounded the other.
President Joe Biden opposes the idea of Israel striking Iranian nuclear facilities.
"The answer is no,” Biden said, while speaking with members of the press at Joint Base Andrews on Oct. 2, the day after Iran launched around 180 ballistic missiles toward Israel.
The Israeli military has vowed to respond to the Oct. 1 Iranian ballistic missile barrage.