Israel Hamas war - Day 13: What we know so far

A KEY Hamas commander was killed today alongside his family after an Israeli airstrike on his house.

One of the leaders of the terror group's security forces, Jehad Mheisen, was killed at his home in Gaza City today.

The top commander was killed with his family in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Radwan, a Hamas-aligned news agency said.

His death comes just days after another Hamas top commander was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

Ayman Nofal, who was in charge of the Central Gaza area in the armed wing Izz el-Deen Al-Qassam Brigades, is the most high-profile Hamas militant to be assassinated so far.

Nofal's death came hours after the IDF confirmed it had killed senior Hamas official Dr Osama Mazini.

A clip shared on social media showed the bombing in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis last night

Dr Mazini, who was understood to have been the Primary Hamas Negotiator for the 2011 prisoner swap, was taken out in the blast.

He handled the file of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held captive by Hamas in Gaza for five years.

Israel has been pounding neighbourhoods across Gaza including parts of the south that Israel had declared as "safe zones."

In the nearly two weeks since a devastating Hamas rampage in southern Israel, that saw 1,300 people slaughtered and thousands of homes destroyed, the Israeli military has responded with airstrikes in Gaza.

Sirens wailed and emergency crews rushed to rescue survivors from a building in Khan Younis, where many residents were believed trapped.

A deadly explosion at the Al-Ahli Hospital that reportedly killed hundreds of people, was initially pinned on Israel but US and UK intelligence appears to suggest Israel was not responsible for the explosion.

Horror footage from the hospital showed the blaze engulfing the building, with the hospital's grounds littered with bodies, many of them young children.

It comes as British PM Rishi Sunak met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his two-day visit in Israel.

Mr Sunak vowed to stand with Israel against "evil" and stressed "the imperative need to avoid further escalation of violence in the region."

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