Israel shared intelligence with the US showing how Hamas operated inside the same building with the Associated Press and Al-Jazeera in Gaza, officials in Jerusalem said on Sunday.
Officials in more than one government office confirmed that US President Joe Biden’s phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday was, in part, about the bombing of the building, and that Israel showed Biden and American officials the intelligence behind the action.
A Hamas terror squad was about to launch more rockets from Gaza into Israel.
We stopped them before they could. pic.twitter.com/d7TRrS4yxz
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 14, 2021
Air strike targets Hamas leader
The Israeli military says it has bombed the home of the political leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in a wave of air strikes on the Gaza Strip.
It released video of an exploding bomb which it said had hit the home of Yahya Sinwar, the group’s overall leader in the territory.
Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed at least 33 people early on Sunday, officials there said.
Militants fired rockets at Israel, with a new barrage on Sunday afternoon.
