Israel kills a top Hamas commander as Jordan sentences 3 in church attack, and other Mideast news

Israeli forces carried out an overnight airstrike in southern Gaza, killing a top Hamas commander, according to Israel. The militant, identified as Samir Mahmoud Hassan Abu Younis, was allegedly directing terror attack plans.

In Jordan, three men were sentenced to death for a deadly church attack in a village north of Karak last month. The attack, which killed nine people and wounded dozens, was one of the deadliest on Jordan's Christian minority in recent years. The attackers targeted mourners at a funeral at St. George's Church in Hamoud.

Yemen's Houthis released approximately 600 detainees they had captured during recent fighting, the largest unilateral release in their 12-year civil war. However, a group allied with Saudi-backed Yemeni forces withdrew from areas along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait after facing persistent attacks from the Houthis.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed to have struck an American radar system at a helicopter base in Bahrain. The U.S. Central Command did not immediately comment on the incident. Bahrain's military reported that it had intercepted and destroyed several Iranian projectiles targeting the kingdom, including two ballistic missiles and two drones.