JERUSALEM/ GAZA/RAMALLAH/AMMAN/LJUBLJANA - The head of Hamas' Aerial Unit was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, Israeli military and security agency said on Monday.

Israel's military and Shin Bet domestic security agency announced in a joint statement the killing of Samer Abu Daqqa, head of Hamas' aerial operations, in an attack by warplanes in September.

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Abu Daqqa got involved in numerous drone attacks and played a central role in Hamas' aerial operations after succeeding former Hamas aerial array chief Asem Abu Rakaba, who was assassinated by Israel last October, according to the statement.

Israeli security officials said Abu Daqqa was also a key figure behind Hamas' paraglider and drone infiltrations into southern Israel during its surprise attack against Israel on Oct 7, 2023, which resulted in 1,200 fatalities and triggered the ongoing Israeli retaliatory campaign in Gaza.

The Israeli assaults on Gaza have so far killed 42,289 Palestinians, the Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Monday.

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Also on Monday, at least 10 people were killed and 40 others injured by Israeli artillery shelling in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said.

The Israeli army targeted a food aid distribution center in the Jabalia refugee camp, causing the casualties, according to Palestinian medical sources.

The Israeli army did not issue any comment on the incident.

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Monday that IDF troops are continuing operations throughout the Gaza Strip, killing militants in close-quarters encounters and in aerial strikes.

Meanwhile, Jordan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned previous deadly Israeli shelling on a school housing displaced persons in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Calling it "a heinous crime that adds to the war crimes committed by Israel against the brotherly Palestinian people, a blatant violation of international law and humanitarian principles, and a deliberate targeting of civilians and shelters for displaced people," the ministry said in a statement that Israel "disregards international calls to stop the war and the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe it creates."

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Ten wounded children from the Gaza Strip arrived in Slovenia on Sunday for treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation, confirmed the foundation of former Slovenian President Danilo Turk.

It is a group of ten children and adolescents from the Gaza Strip with serious injuries -- four of them have had their legs amputated, and two have had their arms amputated. The youngest of them is four years old, according to the post published on the website of Let Them Dream, the foundation of Danilo Turk.