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Hamas: Gaza City commander killed by Israeli airstrike
Updated On: 12 May, 2021 12:00 AM IST | Gaza City | AP
The army released a statement on Wednesday, saying that it carried out a “complex and first-of-its-kind operation.” Those targeted, it said, were “a key part of the Hamas General Staff" and considered close to the head of the group's military wing.
Smoke billows following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City on May 12, 2021, amid the most intense Israeli-Palestinian hostilities in seven years. Pic/AFP
Militant group Hamas confirms that its Gaza City commander was killed in an Israeli airstrike, the highest-ranking militant killed since the 2014 war in the Palestinian territory.
Earlier, Israel's internal security agency said that a series of airstrikes had killed Bassem Issa and several other senior Hamas militants.
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