Israel claims to kill senior Hamas commander in Gaza airstrike
“The Israeli military has claimed that it targeted a senior commander of Hamas's armed wing in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the Israeli military said it had targeted the senior Hamas …”
In a statement, the Israeli military said it had targeted the senior Hamas commander but did not immediately disclose his identity. However,, Hamas sources said commander Samir Abu Younis was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
Medical sources said the strike targeted a street in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, killing Abu Younis and injuring several other people. Mahmoud Bassal, spokesperson for Gaza's Civil Defence agency, said rescue workers had recovered the body of 53-year-old Samir Abu Younis.
Two other people were also injured in the attack. Later, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades confirmed Abu Younis's death in a statement, expressing condolences over his killing., Samir Mahmoud Abu Younis, also known as Abu Mahmoud, was a member of Hamas's General Military Council and commander of its Rafah Brigade.
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Abu Younis joined the ranks of the Qassam Brigades in 1991 and was among its earliest members.
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