The attack killed five people according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Published March 12, 2024
The Israeli military is still trying to confirm if Marwan Issa, the second-in-command of the group’s military wing and the target of the strike, was killed in the operation.
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RELATED: Israel, Hamas both said probing fate of terror group’s No. 3, targeted in airstrike
Published March 12, 2024
The Israeli military and Hamas are trying to determine if Marwan Issa, the deputy head of the terror group’s military wing, was killed in a recent airstrike in the central Gaza Strip, Hebrew media reported Monday.
According to reports by several outlets, Issa was hiding in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Overnight between Saturday and Sunday, the IDF carried out an airstrike on a building where he was believed to be.
Reports said five Palestinians were killed in the strike, although it is unknown if Issa is among them.
According to the reports, both the IDF and Hamas were trying to ascertain if Issa was among the dead.
Issa is considered the number three in the terror organization in Gaza and serves as the deputy of Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Together with Hamas’s leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, they are believed to have masterminded the group’s October 7 massacre in southern Israel that triggered the war.
