August 30, 2026UpdatesIDF says it targeted a 'Hamas military wing commander' in Gaza StripThe IDF said that "a short while ago" it struck a Hamas commander "who planned to execute terror attacks" in the area of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. The military added that the Hamas commander "was struck hiding within the compound of the Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital." RECAP: Armed Israeli settlers enter West Bank village alongside IDF, attack Palestinians
Here are Saturday's latest updates:■ Masked settlers attacked Palestinian workers with pepper spray and threw rocks at a building in the West Bank village of Qusra on Saturday, amid an ongoing Israeli military operation to evacuate settler outposts in the area.■ Israeli troops raided the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir on Friday, accompanied by armed settlers who attacked Palestinian residents and attempted twice to seize herds of sheep, according to local reports.■ The Israeli military has struck on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Jabal, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.■ Thirty Democratic U.S. senators on Friday urged Israel to rescind tenders for 1,234 housing units in the E1 settlement area of the West Bank, warning that construction there would threaten prospects for a future Palestinian state.■ The Iranian government pledged on Saturday to stand firm against U.S. sanctions and what it called U.S.-Israeli "conspiracies," saying diplomacy and defense were "complementary, coordinated and inseparable" tools for protecting the country's national interests, security and territorial integrity.■ U.S. President Donald Trump said that the United States has reached a deal with Venezuela to take control of more than 65 billion barrels of the country's proven oil reserves.
