Defense minister don com acknowledge say na Israel kill Hamas leader

Israel’s defense minister don com confirm say na Israel assassinate Hamas’ top leader last summer and dey threaten to take similar action against di leadership of di Houthis rebel group for Yemen.

Di comments by di Israel Katz dey appear to mark di first time wey Israel don acknowledge say dem kill Ismail Haniyeh, wey die for explosion for Iran for July.

Israel dey widely believed to dey behind di blast and leaders don previously hint for dia involvement.

For di speech wey him deliver on Monday, Katz talk say di Houthis go meet similar fate as di oda members of an Iranian-led alliance for di region, including Haniyeh.

Him also note say Israel don kill oda leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, to take help topple Syria’s Bashar Assad and destroy Iran’s anti-aircraft systems.

“We go strike di Houthis’ strategic infrastructure and cut off di head of di leadership,” him talk.

“Just like we do to Haniyeh, Sin war and Nasrallah for Tehran, Gaza and Lebanon, we go do for Hodeida and Sanaa,” him talk, refer to Hamas and Hezbollah leaders wey dem kill for previous Israeli attacks.

Di Iranian-backed Houthis don launch scores of missiles and drones at Israel throughout di war, including missile wey land for Tel Aviv on Saturday and wound at least 16 pipo.

Israel don carry out three sets of airstrikes for Yemen during di war and vow to step up di pressure for di rebel group until di missile attacks stop.

Also on Monday, di U.N. food agency com report say 23 trucks for 66-truck convoy wey dey carry food and oda humanitarian supplies to central Gaza say don lost.

U.N. associate spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay talk say di World Food Program convoy depart from di Kerem Shalon crossing via di recently approved Philadelphi Corridor on Sunday.

Despite Israeli assurances say safety conditions go dey in place, she talk say airstrike take place.

Tremblay talk say di first 35 trucks make am to WFP warehouse without losses.

She talk say Israeli Defense Forces delay direst of di convoy.

News of di convoy’s movement spread, Tremblay talk, lead to plundering along di way, wit total of 43 trucks make am to di warehouse while 23 odas dey lost.

She call am “anoda example of why we continue to stress di need for di safe, unimpeded passage of assistance to reach populations wey need am di most.”

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