Hamas spokesperson Abdel-Latif al-Qanoua was killed when Israeli fighters jets bombed his tent shelter in northern Gaza.
A Hamas spokesperson has been killed by an Israeli air strike in northern Gaza, information retailers have confirmed, as Israel’s military continues its renewed assault on the besieged enclave.
Hamas spokesperson Abdel-Latif al-Qanoua was killed when Israeli fighter jets bombed his tent shelter within the northern metropolis of Jabalia within the early hours of Thursday morning, in accordance with Al-Aqsa tv and the Shehab Information Company.
A number of extra folks have been wounded within the strike, together with youngsters, in accordance with Hind Khoudary, an Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza.
Khoudary stated the assault was one in all a number of carried out by the Israeli navy throughout the Strip over current hours, together with a strike on a house within the as-Saftawi space of Gaza Metropolis, which killed six members of the identical household.
On March 18, Israel abruptly ended a fragile two-month ceasefire because it resumed its intense bombing marketing campaign and floor operations in Gaza. Israel has since killed a whole bunch of Palestinian civilians in an try to stress Hamas into releasing the remaining captives held within the war-torn enclave.
A number of senior Hamas officers have additionally been killed over the previous week. On Sunday, an Israeli air strike on the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza killed 5 folks, together with Ismail Barhoum, the pinnacle of funds and establishments inside Hamas’s political workplace.
That very same day, Israeli fighter jets additionally bombed tents housing displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis. Salah al-Bardaweel, a outstanding Hamas political chief and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, was killed in that assault alongside his spouse.
Each males have been a part of Hamas’s political workplace – a 20-member decision-making physique, 11 of whom have been killed because the begin of the battle in late 2023, in accordance with the Reuters information company.
Palestinian protesters demanding an finish to Israel’s battle on the enclave collect in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza the place additionally they chanted anti-Hamas slogans, on March 26, 2025 (Reuters)
Hamas nonetheless holds 59 of the roughly 250 captives the group took throughout the October 7, 2023, assault on southern Israel.
At the very least 1,139 folks have been killed in Israel throughout the Hamas assault whereas the Israeli navy has now killed a minimum of 50,183 Palestinians and wounded 113,828 others since launching its floor and air assault on the Palestinian enclave.
About 830 folks have been killed since Israel resumed assaults 10 days in the past, in accordance with statistics from Gaza’s Ministry of Well being, with ladies and kids making up greater than half of the casualties.
The United Nations’ humanitarian company (OCHA) additionally introduced on Tuesday that 142,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced by the Israeli navy since March 18, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian state of affairs attributable to Israel’s ongoing restrictions on support coming into Gaza.
The rising loss of life toll in Gaza comes amid weeks of slow-moving and fractious ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. Mediators – america, Qatar and Egypt – have did not safe an extension to the primary stage of the three-phase settlement, which expired on March 1.
Hamas has accused Israel of deliberately jeopardising truce discussions, aimed toward bringing a few everlasting finish to combating.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed he ordered Israeli forces to resume assaults on Gaza after Hamas rejected proposals to safe an extension.
On Wednesday, Netanyahu repeated threats that Israel would seize territory in Gaza if Hamas did not launch the remaining captives.
