Rights group says Islamist insurgents killed 9 members of Hazara minority, a Shiite group that in recent years has made major gains in education, social status

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was as central to regime's strategic efforts as Imad Mughniyeh and Qassem Soleimani, says Amos Yadlin, former head of IDF military intelligence

Move comes after Netanyahu and Gantz hint at prospect, following weeks of attacks by Gazan terrorists; Qatari envoy due this week to deliver aid to Strip

Organizations said to tell Israel via intermediaries it would be an 'act of war,' after Gantz, PM hint at return to policy; balloon-borne device sparks fire in Israeli community

Gaza rulers threaten Israel via mediators, saying they don't fear conflict, IDF 'physical action' in Strip will bring missile volley on Israel's financial capital -- Lebanese media

The Pentagon insists killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani was self-defense, but there is no formal state of war between US and Iran; international law unclear on matter, says expert

Military says it also bombed operatives readying to fire anti-tank missiles; 23 Palestinians said killed in Israeli strikes, 12 of them confirmed members of terror groups

Hamas-run ministry says 3 children among dead; Israeli military indicates most fatalities had been launching rockets

New defense minister Bennett says Israel could continue to eliminate terror chiefs; Likud ministers threaten to intensify Gaza strikes if rockets continue

No rocket attacks or Israeli airstrikes since midnight, but schools in south closed; cabinet to meet to reassess situation after 200 rockets fired into Israel