Israel kills Hamas military chief

{"text":[[{"start":7.75,"text":"Israel has intensified its attacks on Hizbollah and Hamas, sending troops deeper into Lebanese territory and killing the head of the Palestinian group’s military wing in a strike in Gaza."}],[{"start":18.5,"text":"The escalation, despite nominal ceasefires in both Lebanon and Gaza, comes as US and Iranian officials continue to hold talks on a broader deal to end the fighting in the Middle East. Israeli officials fear such an agreement would mean reining in Israel’s campaign against Hizbollah."}],[{"start":36.45,"text":"Israel launched strikes across southern Lebanon as Israeli soldiers began pushing north of the positions they occupied when a ceasefire took effect last month, after calls from far-right Israeli politicians for a full-scale resumption of Israel’s offensive in Lebanon."}],[{"start":51.95,"text":"Meanwhile, the Israeli military said on Wednesday morning that it had killed Mohammed Odeh, the new head of Hamas’s military wing, in a strike in northern Gaza. "}],[{"start":62.25,"text":"Odeh took over the role after Israel killed his predecessor Izz al-Din al-Haddad in a strike two weeks ago, and also served as head of Hamas’s intelligence headquarters."}],[{"start":null,"text":"

"}],[{"start":null,"text":""}],[{"start":72.8,"text":"Announcing the killing, Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz said Israel would also revive a controversial “voluntary emigration plan” for Gaza — contradicting US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan which stipulates that Palestinians will be encouraged to stay in the enclave."}],[{"start":89.05,"text":"In Lebanon, the ceasefire between Israel and Hizbollah has come under increasing strain in recent weeks, with Israel carrying out frequent strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon that have killed hundreds of people, and Hizbollah firing rockets and drones at Israeli targets.  "}],[{"start":104.55,"text":"But the latest fighting is the most intense since the truce was announced on April 16. An Israeli military spokesperson issued evacuation orders for 50 towns and villages in Lebanon on Tuesday — the most sweeping set of evacuation orders it has issued in a single day since the start of the ceasefire."}],[{"start":123.05,"text":"Many of the villages whose residents were ordered to evacuate have already been under heavy bombardment, and few of the 1mn people displaced from their homes have been able to return to the south despite the ceasefire. "}],[{"start":135.25,"text":"Israel’s renewed attacks on Tuesday killed 31 people, according to the Lebanese health ministry. "}],[{"start":141.7,"text":"One strike on the town of Burj al-Shamali near the coastal city of Tyre killed 14 people, including two children and three women, the ministry said. "}],[{"start":151.6,"text":"Israeli strikes also pounded Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, including near the dam that forms Lake Qaraoun, Lebanon’s largest water reservoir. "}],[{"start":160.9,"text":"The warnings and intensified bombings came as many in Lebanon prepared to observe Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim holiday. "}],[{"start":169.20000000000002,"text":"As the Israeli military expanded its ground invasion in southern Lebanon north of the so-called security zone it has occupied about 10km into Lebanese territory, Hizbollah claimed a series of 32 attacks, mainly on Israeli ground forces in Lebanon. "}],[{"start":185.35000000000002,"text":"The group said it had fired swarms of drones as well as artillery shells and rockets at Israeli troops and tanks along the Litani near the village of Zawtar al-Sharqieh, which lies just north of the strategic river. "}],[{"start":199.75000000000003,"text":"In total, Israel’s offensive in Lebanon has killed more than 3,200 people since March 2, according to the Lebanese health ministry. Hizbollah’s attacks have killed more than 25 Israeli soldiers and civilians."}],[{"start":219.20000000000002,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1779872562_2949.mp3"}