Live Updates: Sinwar's second-in-command eliminated, IAF conducts airstrikes in Beirut

After rocket sirens sounded in the Israeli-Gaza border community of Nahal Oz on Thursday morning, the IDF stated that the alerts were false alarms.

Hamas has refused to take part in negotiations for a hostage release-ceasefire deal for the past several weeks, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Wednesday.s that has kept us from moving towards an agreement."

Six people were killed and seven were wounded in Israeli airstrikes in Beirut's Al-Bashoura neighborhood, Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese media outlet Al Mayadeen reported Thursday morning. 

CNN reported that this was the first strike of its kind on the neighborhood since 2006.

The IDF conducted precise strikes in the Dahieh neighborhood in southern Beirut on Wednesday night, with three strikes on the southern suburbs of the city, the military announced.

In the latest Beirut attack, the IDF targeted a building where a Hezbollah member of parliament, Amin Shari, was staying, according to Maariv citing Arab reports.

The funeral of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, will be held on Friday, according to report from KAN.

The Hamas terrorist organization has refused to take part in negotiations for a hostage release-ceasefire deal for the past several weeks, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday.

"Hamas has been unwilling to come to the table to engage the past several weeks," Miller said.

A US resident from Dearborn, Michigan, has been killed in Lebanon, the American government said on Wednesday, with the man's friend and neighbors saying he died in an Israeli airstrike.

"We are deeply saddened by the death of Kamel Ahmad Jawad and our hearts go out to his family and friends. His death is a tragedy, as are the deaths of many civilians in Lebanon," a White House spokesperson said.

Iran lashed out at the United States and Europe Wednesday as Israel looked to retaliate against the Islamic Republic for its missile attack and the region braced for the possibility of a third confrontation between the two arch-foes.

“In our region, the root cause of problems, which leads to conflicts, wars, concerns and hostilities, and such like, results from the presence of the same people who claim to advocate peace and tranquility in the region.

The IAF intercepted a suspicious aerial target off the coast of Gush Dan early Thursday morning, the IDF stated.

(JTA) — At this point, Gabi Hasin had grown used to fleeing his home ahead of missile fire from Lebanon. A resident of the northern border city of Kiryat Shemona, Hasin has spent the past year on the move, relocating seven times to keep himself and his family out of harm’s way.

So when he packed his bags and moved south again over the past couple weeks — this time from the northern city of Tiberias to Jerusalem — it was the least of his problems. He’s taking sleeping pills for the first time in his life.