Concerns about a growing conflict in the Middle East start our day's other headlines.

That's after Israel's military confirmed an airstrike last month had killed the leader of Hamas's military wing,

Muhammad death.

Also today, Iran's supreme leader attended the funeral in Tehran for another Hamas leader,

Ismail Hania, who was killed in an attack this week.

Israel has not claimed responsibility.

While in Beirut, mourners paid their respects for Hezbollah Commander Faud Shuker,

who was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon's capital on Tuesday.

Addressing the crowd, Hezbollah's leader threatened retaliation

saying the conflict had entered a new phase.

For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country is ready for any response.

Israel said that

Mahanut guam and all the whole Turkish.

Israel is highly prepared for any scenario, both defensively and offensively. We will exact a very heavy

price for any active aggression against us from any arena. In Tel Aviv,

Israelis took to the streets to mark 300 days since the October 7th attack

and called for an immediate release of hostages still being held in Gaza.

The US Air Force has concluded that a deadly Osprey crash off the coast of Japan last year was caused by a quote

catastrophic failure in a gearbox. The investigation also found that the pilot ignored warnings to land the aircraft.

The crash killed eight service members and led to a month's long grounding of all military

Ospreys.

It was one of several Osprey crashes in recent years that killed 20 service members overall.

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