Hamas confirms that an Israeli airstrike last summer killed Rawhi Mushtaha, the de facto prime minister of the Gaza Strip, along with Sameh al-Siraj, who held the security portfolio in Hamas’s political bureau, and Sami Odeh, the head of Hamas’s “general security mechanism". (Al Sharq AlAwsat)
A wind gust provisionally measured at {{conv|183|km/h|abbr=on}} was recorded in Connemara in County Galway, Ireland, which would surpass the country's record of 182 km/h set in 1945. A mean wind speed of {{conv|135|km/h|abbr=on}} was also measured, which would surpass Ireland's sustained wind record also set in 1945. (The Irish Times)
A man is killed in County Donegal, Ireland, after high winds cause a tree to fall on his car. (BBC News)