Israel at war: What happened on day 414?

A spokesperson for Hamas's armed wing, Abu Obeida, claimed on Saturday that a female Israeli hostage had been killed in an area of northern Gaza that the IDF had struck.

In the same message, he claimed, "The danger still threatens the life of another female (prisoner) who was with her," implying that another female Israeli hostage was wounded. Her status remains unclear. 

The IDF later stated that it is "currently reviewing the information" and cannot "confirm or refute its authenticity." 

IDF troops identified and dismantled an Iranian-made canon pointed toward the state of Israel on Mount Dov, the military reported on Saturday afternoon. 

The discovery was made by the 810th Brigade and the Alpinist Unit who have searched the thicketed terrain on Mount Dov over the past two months. 

Following IDF's Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee's evacuation warning to civilians in the Hadath and Choueifat-Al-Omrousiya areas in Lebanon on Saturday morning, the Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar reported strikes in the Hadath, a municipality bordering Dahiyeh, in southern Beirut.

The IDF later confirmed that the IAF had conducted morning strikes on Hezbollah targets in the Dahieh area.

A major airstrike in central Beirut at four in the morning is raising eyebrows.

Locals described the attack as hitting the Basta area of central Beirut. A large building was destroyed. People initially suspected a high death toll due to the presence of people sheltering in the area who had fled other parts of Lebanon. However, initial reports say four were killed and two dozen injured. More updates will come out as the rubble is cleared.

 What is important in this strike is that there was no call for evacuation. It also is increasingly part of a pattern of strikes on areas outside of the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh.

Hamas leaders remaining in Gaza may be looking to move to Turkey, two Israeli sources told Jewish Insider on Friday. 

The potential move follows reports and subsequent denials that Doha was booting Hamas out of Qatar for failing to come to a ceasefire agreement - and the officials would be relocating to Turkey. 

Despite officials denying the report, an Israeli and a senator told JI that two Hamas officials had already left Qatar.

The Israel Air Force has been conducting strikes on terrorist targets in the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut, since Friday morning, the IDF confirmed on Saturday. 

The strikes targeted Hezbollah command centers, weapons storage facilities, and additional infrastructure intentionally embedded by the Lebanese terror organization in civilian areas in an effort to use the populace as a human shield, the IDF added. 

Prior to the airstrikes, the Israeli military took a number of precautionary measures, it noted, including collecting intelligence, using aerial surveillance, and issuing warnings before striking targets.

Two individuals were killed when an Israeli drone struck a beach in Tyre, Lebanon, the Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese news outlet Al-Maydeen reported on Saturday morning.

The alleged incident follows overnight strikes that, according to the Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar, killed at least four and wounded 23 in Beirut's Basta neighborhood.

Following IDF's Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee evacuation warning to civilians in the Hadath and Choueifat-Al-Omrousiya areas in Lebanon on Saturday morning, Al-Manar reported strikes in Hadath.

Adraee noted that the area housed Hezbollah facilities and that the IDF was set to target these sites.

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The civilians were instructed to move at least 500 meters from the area as they were currently located near Hezbollah facilities and interests.