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Israeli warplanes struck the Gaza Strip early on Saturday, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring his sister, Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.
Yasin Abu Hussa, 10, died in a raid targeting a base of the Hamas movement’s military wing in Beit Lahiya, in the north of the Strip, Qudra said, one of four strikes the Israeli military said it carried out in response to rocket fire into Israel on Friday night.
Clashes intensified on Friday between Shiite rebels and local fighters in the besieged city of Taiz, killing at least 45 fighters on both sides and six civilians over the past 24 hours.
The city has seen heavy fighting between rebels known as Houthis and local resistance units financed and armed by the Saudi-led coalition that is backing Yemen’s internationally recognized government. The local fighters have been advancing and have taken control of Taiz’s western outskirts.
Democratic Syria Forces (QSD) liberated 65% of the village of El-Mekmen that is ISIS’s last military base in the region between Cezîre Canton and the city of Raqqa.
QSD’s operation launched in the name of “Revenge of Êlîn and Cûdî” continues in its sixth day. QSD fighters have liberated 75 km of the region in the south of Kobanî, Girê Spî (Tal Abyad), and Serêkaniyê (Ras Al-Ain).
Lebanese army troops clashed with terrorists in the country’s northeast near the Syrian border today, leaving one soldier and eight gunmen dead, a security official said.
Lebanon has been the scene of frequent violence, including deadly bombings and fighting between terrorists and the army, since war erupted in neighbouring Syria in 2011.
Islamic State (Isis) have less than 10,000 fighters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, but it would be an “optimistic estimate” to say the city will be secured by the end of this year, a US official has said. But US Army Colonel Christopher Garver said the battle for the city had already started.
“We have struck [Isis] fighters, weapons, leaders, and financial assets with precision and lethality,” the spokesman for the US-led Operation Inherent Resolve told a news conference on 4 March . But he said that Iraqi forces were responsible for planning for the operation with coalition support, although they were looking for ways to accelerate the timeline for its completion, which was slated for the end of this year.