The military said it killed Raed Saad, described as one of the architects of the Oct. 7 attack, after an explosive device detonated and wounded two soldiers.

Israel Defense Forces targeted and killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saad while he traveled in a vehicle in Gaza on Saturday, Israeli officials said.

Residents reported hearing bombing in western Gaza City. Video from the scene of the strike in Gaza shows a burned out car and the driver dead at the wheel as rescuers work at the scene. A paramedic told the Reuters cameraman that four people were killed and were six injured.

Israeli forces have raided a village in southern Syria, killing at least 13 people, according to Syrian officials.

Israeli authorities are reviewing an incident in which soldiers shot and killed two people who appeared to be surrendering in the occupied West Bank, an act described by the Palestinian Authority as a “fully-fledged war crime.

The Israeli authorities said they were investigating the shooting, which came amid days of extensive military operations in the West Bank.

Israeli forces killed a pair of Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank after they appeared to surrender to troops, drawing Palestinian accusations that the men were executed “in cold blood.”

Syria's new government faces accusations of extremism as U.S. mediates complex negotiations between Damascus and Jerusalem authorities.