{
  "id": 20175897,
  "title": "Israel kills a top Hamas commander as Jordan sentences 3 in church attack, and other Mideast news",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/israel-kills-a-top-hamas-commander-as-jordan-sentences-3-in-church",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T08:04:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CityNews",
    "slug": "citynews",
    "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/11/15/israel-kills-a-top-hamas-commander-as-jordan-sentences-3-in-church-attack-and-other-mideast-news/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\n\nIn 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.\n\nYemen'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.\n\nIran'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.",
  "summary": "Israeli forces killed a top commander of the militant Hamas group in an overnight airstrike on southern Gaza, Israel said Sunday.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Chief of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade killed in Israeli strike, 2 months after predecessor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/chief-of-hamass-rafah-brigade-killed-in-israeli-strike-2-months-after",
        "published": "2026-11-15T06:30:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Israel says it killed a top Hamas commander, and other Mideast news",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/israel-says-it-killed-a-top-hamas-commander-and-other-mideast-news",
        "published": "2026-11-15T08:04:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Israel kills Hamas commander in strike on Gaza camp, officials say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/israel-kills-hamas-commander-in-strike-on-gaza-camp-officials-say",
        "published": "2026-11-15T08:17:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Israel claims senior Hamas commander killed in Gaza airstrike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/israel-claims-senior-hamas-commander-killed-in-gaza-airstrike",
        "published": "2026-11-15T09:14:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Politico EU",
        "title": "Israel kills Hamas commander in Gaza strike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/israel-kills-hamas-commander-in-gaza-strike",
        "published": "2026-11-15T09:43:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Senior Hamas military commander killed in Israeli strike in southern Gaza",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/senior-hamas-military-commander-killed-in-israeli-strike-in-southern",
        "published": "2026-11-15T10:30:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Israel kills a top Hamas commander in Gaza",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/israel-kills-a-top-hamas-commander-in-gaza",
        "published": "2026-11-15T10:33:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Top Hamas commander killed in Israeli strike in Gaza",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/top-hamas-commander-killed-in-israeli-strike-in-gaza",
        "published": "2026-11-15T12:02:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Israeli strike in Gaza kills senior Hamas commander",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/israeli-strike-in-gaza-kills-senior-hamas-commander",
        "published": "2026-11-15T13:06:46.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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