Israel is investigating the chance that Yahya Sinwar, the chief of Hamas, was killed in a current airstrike, an Israeli media outlet reported on Sunday.
A Occasions of Israel report mentioned officers within the nation are investigating the chance that Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar is useless, following navy data, in line with journalist Ben Caspit.
“The Walla information website notes that the Shin Guess has rejected the report and believes that Sinwar is alive. The knowledge being investigated claims that Sinwar was killed throughout IDF operations in Gaza,” the report added.
On Saturday, Palestinians mentioned an Israeli strike killed at the least 22 individuals at a faculty housing displaced individuals in southern Gaza Metropolis, whereas the Israeli navy claimed the assault focused a command heart of the Hamas militant group.
The military mentioned it had attacked a Hamas command centre on the previous faculty compound, repeating accusations that the group makes use of civilian services for navy functions, a declare Hamas denies.
On Sunday, an airstrike by Israeli forces killed seven individuals at a faculty housing displaced households in Gaza, in line with Palestinian well being officers.
The Israeli navy, nevertheless, maintained that it had focused militants working from the compound.
The assault hit the Kafr Qasem faculty within the seashore camp at round 11:00 a.m. (08:00 GMT), officers mentioned. Among the many useless was Majed Saleh, director of the Hamas-run Ministry of Public Works and Housing, they added.
The assault and different reported violence in Gaza got here amid a wave of assaults additional north between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah forces throughout the border in Lebanon, a parallel battle that had stoked fears of broader regional unrest.
