The Gaza residence of one of Hamas' leaders was hit in an overnight airstrike, the Israeli military claimed Thursday.

"Overnight, IDF fighter jets struck the residence of Ismail Haniyeh, the Head of Hamas’ Political Bureau," the IDF said in a post on X.

"The residence was used as terrorist infrastructure and a meeting point for Hamas’ senior leaders to direct terrorist attacks against Israel."

Isreal also struck Haniyeh's residence during an attack on Nov. 4.

The airstrike destroyed his family residence located in the Shati refugee camp on the northern border of Gaza City, the Hamas-run media outlet reported at the time.

Since 2019, Haniyeh has been in "exile" living a luxurious life in Qatar.

Hundreds of “violent” anti-Israel protesters clashed with US Capitol Police Wednesday evening during a rally outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC.

Video shows dozens of officers desperately pushing back an estimated 150 unruly protesters as they charged toward the Canal Street and Ivy Street, SE building.

Police were making arrests, but didn’t say how many people were taken into custody.

“Right now our officers are working to keep back approximately 150 people who are illegally and violently protesting in the area of Canal Street and Ivy Street, SE,” Capitol Police wrote on X.

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A group of Jewish New York City high schoolers who attended Tuesday’s massive pro-Israel rally in Washington, DC, were verbally attacked onboard the the city’s subway system by a woman who accused them of supporting genocide.

Shira Rouhani, Lea Applebaum, and Leah Borenstein — students at the Yeshiva University High School for Girls in Queens — were riding a DC Metro train with their teacher when the unidentified woman launched her vulgar and vile attack that left them feeling frightened.

In a video, shot by Rouhani, 17, and obtained by The Post, the woman can be heard screaming at the girls, telling them they were supporting the “killing of innocent people” and that they were “f–king disgusting.”

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A Columbia student and Israeli soldier tried to reason with the hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters that rallied at the Morningside campus Wednesday.

Guy Sela, 29, told The Post that he attempted to describe how he witnessed first-hand the horrors Hamas unleashed on his people and own family — but was only admonished as a “murderer.”

“Never in my life I’ve seen something so inhuman as raping a young woman and decapitating her. And I’ve seen it firsthand,” Guy Sela, 29, told The Post as the pro-Palestinan group screamed behind him.

“I’ve seen the babies that are lying there on the floor. I’ve seen this person that they cut his head off with.”

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Yair Lapid, the Opposition Leader in Israel, called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign on Wednesday, citing a lack of public trust in the leader amid the war against Hamas in Gaza.

"This government isn’t functioning,” he told Israel's Channel 12. “We need change — Netanyahu cannot continue to be prime minister. We cannot allow ourselves to conduct a prolonged campaign with a prime minister that the public has no faith in,” Lapid added.

Lapid proposed creating a "national reconstruction government" led by Netanyahu's Likud party but said the Prime Minister must be replaced.

US public backing for Israel and its ongoing war against Hamas is waning with most Americans supporting a cease-fire more than a month after the vicious terror attack, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

In a two-day poll that ended Tuesday, about 32% of respondents said the US should back Israel when asked what role the ally should play in the battle. The percentage was a drop of nearly 10 points from a poll conducted on Oct. 12-13. 

Meanwhile, about 39% of respondents want the US government to be a “neutral mediator.”

That figure is up from 27% dating back to last month’s poll.

Four percent of respondents in the poll believe the US should support Palestinians and 15% want the US to stay out of the ongoing conflict.

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Five people – two of them minors – were arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest on Staten Island that descended into chaos, with clashes between demonstrators and cops, according to authorities and videos from the scene. 

The “Flood Staten Island for Gaza” demonstration – sponsored by the group Within Our Lifetime United for Palestine – kicked off Tuesday evening outside Staten Island Borough Hall on Richmond Terrace, drawing about 400 protesters. 

Two boys — whose ages were not released — in addition to three men, 18, 20 and 31, were slapped with summonses for disorderly conduct, the NYPD said Wednesday.

Police did not provide additional details on the circumstances that led to the summonses being issued.

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New footage shared by the IDF shows Hamas terrorists celebrating the murder of an IDF soldier they gunned down moments earlier.

The terrorists are seen approaching the body and start to scream in celebration as the deceased soldier lays on the ground.

It's the latest footage released by the IDF in the ongoing Hamas-Israel war.

Earlier in the day, the IDF shared clips of 'evidence of Hamas weapons' inside the Shifa hospital where they carried out a mission yesterday.

The clip also showed underground tunnels where Hamas is believed to be carrying out their operations.

Israeli Defense Forces released video Wednesday, which they say is "evidence of Hamas weapons found inside Shifa Hospital."

Israeli journalist Emanuel Fabian, a military correspondent for the Times of Israel, tweeted the IDF's video and photos around 8:30 local time.

An X account in Hebrew, whose bio translates to "official account of the IDF on Twitter," with "direct and verified reports from the field," shared footage at the same time, writing:

"The Sheldag unit and other special units under the command of Division 36 continue to operate in a focused manner in the area of ​​the Shifa hospital where they search for infrastructure and terrorist means of the terrorist organization Hamas.

"During the entrance to the hospital area, the fighters encountered a number of terrorists and eliminated them."

Demonstrators calling for a ceasefire in Gaza placed dozens of body bags outside the White House gates Wednesday, representing victims killed in the Israel-Hamas war.

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Israel officials claimed they found “concrete evidence” of Hamas operating a military facility beneath al Shifa hospital during their overnight raid as IDF soldiers also delivered much-needed supplies to Gaza’s largest medical center.

The IDF carried out a “precise and targeted operation against Hamas” Tuesday night inside the hospital complex, which is housing more than 600 patients, 600 staffers and thousands of refugees displaced by the war.

The Israeli military claimed it killed several Hamas gunmen during the raid and encountered explosive devices just outside the hospital.

IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the raid was an “operational necessity” to sniff out Hamas’ alleged headquarters beneath the hospital, with a senior military official claiming Israeli soldiers have found clear evidence of the terrorists’ base at al-Shifa.

Independent reports have yet to verify Israel’s claims and the details of the operation carried out inside the hospital.

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Photos taken by journalists inside Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital last Friday show patients, medics and displaced people inside:

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