Hamas confirms the deaths of several senior commanders including Ahmed Ghandour, the commander of its Northern Gazabrigade, and Ayman Siam, the head of its rocket firing array. The Israel Defense Forces had previously said it had targeted Ghandour and Siam, but did not confirm that they had been killed. (The Times of Israel)
Three students of Palestinian ethnicity are shot and injured by an unknown attacker in Burlington, Vermont, United States, in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime. (Time)