The IDF struck Hezbollah infrastructure, an observation post, and a military structure in Jibbain, Tayr Harfa, and Kfarkela in south Lebanon, the IDF reported on Friday. The IDF also struck a terrorist responsible for projectile attacks on the Golan Heights earlier this week.The strikes followed Hezbollah launching projectiles on Har Dov, Margaliot, and Metula in northern Israel.

Hamas denied on Saturday that the strike on Khan Yunis had been an elimination attempt on Hamas leader Mohammed Deif and placed blame on the Biden administration for enabling Israeli forces to take such an action. "The occupation's claims about targeting leaders are false claims, and this is not the first time that the occupation has claimed to target Palestinian leaders, and their lies were later proven, and these false claims are only to cover up the scale of the horrific massacre," Hamas wrote. "This disregard for international law and treaties, and the widespread violations against defenseless civilians, would not have continued, had it not been for the support provided by the US administration to the extremist Zionist government and its terrorist army.

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Friday that US forces destroyed three Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicles in the Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.

Negotiations on a hostage release-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas have stalled, according to the Arab Affairs editor at army radio, despite US President Joe Biden claiming that Hamas and Israel had agreed on a basic framework for the agreement.A Hamas source told Reuters, "The attack on Khan Yunis shows that Israel is not interested in reaching a ceasefire agreement."However, despite Hamas laying the blame for another failed deal on the strike, "A foreign source familiar with the talks confirms to @GLZRadio in response to Hamas's claim: there are no real negotiations - the contacts stalled even before the assassination attempt" the reporter posted on X, formerly Twitter, shortly after Israel announced it conducted a major strike on Hamas leader Mohammed Deif.Deif was one of the masterminds of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza. He has survived seven Israeli assassination attempts, the most recent in 2021, and has topped Israel's most-wanted list for decades.Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was holding special consultations, his office said, in light of "developments in Gaza." It was unclear how the strike would affect ceasefire talks in Doha and Cairo.