JERUSALEM -- Israel confirmed Tuesday that Marwan Issa, the deputy military leader of Hamas, was killed in its airstrike on a tunnel in the Gaza Strip earlier in March.

"Tonight I can confirm that, according to our intelligence, Marwan Issa was killed in an attack we carried out about two weeks ago," Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a briefing. (Israel-Hamas Military Official-Killing)

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TEHRAN -- Iran on Tuesday called for effective enforcement of a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and a permanent cessation of Israeli attacks on both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani emphasized the necessity for the complete lifting of Israel's "cruel siege" on Gaza and urged for the reopening of crossings to facilitate large-scale and indiscriminate international humanitarian aid deliveries to the coastal enclave, according to a statement released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry early Tuesday. (Iran-Enforcement-Gaza Ceasefire Resolution)

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ANKARA -- Turkish police on Tuesday detained 147 people suspected of being members of the Islamic State (IS) group in nationwide operations, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya.

Yerlikaya said on the social media platform X that the police detained the suspects in simultaneous operations across 30 provinces and seized a large amount of foreign currency, organizational documents, and digital materials. (Türkiye-IS Suspects-Arrest)

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BEIRUT -- Two Hezbollah fighters were killed and three civilians were injured Tuesday in Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah sites near Lebanon's northeastern town of Zboud and eastern Baalbek-Hermel Governorate's Ouadi Fara, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua.

The sources, who spoke anonymously, said Israel has, for the first time, targeted these two locations, which are deep inside Lebanese territory and about 140 km away from the Lebanese border with Israel. (Lebanon-Israeli Strikes-Casualties) Enditem

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