Hamas has stated behind closed doors that Marwan Issa, deputy to Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, who was targeted in an Israeli strike last week, has been killed, according to a Kan News report, citing Palestinian sources on Sunday. According to the report, Razi Abu Tomeh, Commander of a Hamas Brigade, was also killed in the strike.

A man threw two petrol bombs into the courtyard of the Russian embassy in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, where voting in Russia's presidential election was taking place on Sunday, TASS cited the embassy as saying.The man has been detained by the Moldovan police, it said.