CENTCOM chief Adm. Brad Cooper learned of Israel's attack on Hamas leaders only mid-flight and was briefed by the Joint Chiefs, a US official said to WSJ. White House deployed Witkoff to inform Qatar, but it was too late.
Ursula von der Leyen announced in the European Parliament in Strasbourg that all EU financial assistance to Israel has been suspended and that she is planning a partial suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. She also said sanctions are being prepared against “extremist ministers” in the Israeli government.
Hamas bureau member Suhail al-Hindi used the word "shahid" – or martyr – while discussing the fate of Khalil al-Hayya following an Israeli airstrike in Doha, before appearing to catch himself.
From Istanbul, Hamas' Finance Minster Zaher Jabarin managed to raise nearly a billion dollars and refine the terror organization's capabilities.
Surveillance footage shows Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska looking with horror at her attacker just after he stabbed her three times on a light rail train in Charlotte.
