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Israel confirms loss of life of senior Hamas chief
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Israel has “dismantled a significant number of Hamas battalions,” the White House stated
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One of an important leaders of the unconventional Islamic Hamas, Marwan Issa, was stated to have been killed two weeks in the past. According to the Israeli military, the terrorist died in an air pressure assault within the Gaza Strip.
Dhe Israeli military confirmed the loss of life of a high-ranking chief of the unconventional Islamic group Hamas on Tuesday. Marwan Issa, the “number two” of the Essedin al-Kassam Brigades, was killed in an Israeli Air Force assault within the Gaza Strip two weeks in the past, military spokesman Daniel Hagari instructed reporters. The assault was carried out on the idea of data from the Israeli home secret service Shin Bet.
Issa was “one of the organizers of the massacre on October 7th,” Hagari continued. He is the highest-ranking Hamas official killed for the reason that begin of the struggle between Israel and Hamas.
On Tuesday night, Hamas workplace consultant Issat al-Rishk stated he had “no confidence” in Israeli statements about Issa's loss of life – however with out offering proof that he was nonetheless alive. Last week, the USA introduced that the quantity three chief of the Islamist militant Palestinian group Hamas, Marwan Issa, had been killed in an Israeli army operation.
Israel has “dismantled a significant number of Hamas battalions” and killed hundreds of the Islamist group's fighters, together with senior commanders, White House nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan instructed reporters on the time. The remaining Hamas management “is hiding, probably deep in the Hamas tunnel network, and justice will come for them too.”
Issa was the deputy of Mohammed Deif, who heads Hamas' armed wing, the Essedin al-Qassam Brigades, Hagari stated on the time. However, he said on the time that it was nonetheless unclear whether or not Issa was killed within the operation.
Deif, together with Jahja Sinwar, is taken into account to be the mastermind of the unprecedented Hamas assault on Israel on October seventh, wherein, in keeping with Israeli info, round 1,160 folks had been killed and round 250 others had been kidnapped as hostages within the Gaza Strip.
In response to the assault, Israel has since taken large army motion within the Gaza Strip, with the declared intention of destroying Hamas. According to Hamas figures, which can’t be independently verified, greater than 32,300 folks have been killed within the Palestinian territory since then.
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