More than a dozen killed by Israeli strike on school in northern Gaza as separate strike kills top Hamas leader
A few hours later, news broke that a separate Israeli operation in southern Gaza, carried out the previous day, had killed Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar. Israel confirmed Sinwar's death, with Foreign Minister Israel Katz saying Sinwar, "who is responsible for the massacre and atrocities of October 7," was killed by IDF soldiers in southern Gaza.