The Israeli army struck the top of the Hamas military pyramid. Since the October 7 attacks, the Jewish state has stepped up its efforts to hunt down leaders of the Palestinian Islamist movement. On Monday, Washington confirmed the death of the most important military figure killed by the IDF since the war began. The deputy head of Hamas’s armed wing, Marwan Issa, “was killed during an Israeli operation last week,” Jake Sullivan, the US national security adviser, assured on Monday.
Had Israel not confirmed the death of a third member of the Palestinian group, the army reported an airstrike “in the center of the Gaza Strip, near Nuseirat” on “an underground base used by two senior leaders of the organization,” including Marwan Issa. The deputy of Mohammed Deif, head of the al-Qassam brigades, was seen by Israel as “a mediator between the armed branch and the political branch of Hamas,” adds David Rigoulet-Roze, a junior researcher at Iris (Institute for International and Strategic Relations). “He was in the top 5, which included the few people who were informed about the start of the operation on October 7. »
Source: Le Parisien
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