Reuters
Palestinian group Hamas’ prime chief, Ismail Haniyeh speaks throughout a press convention in Tehran, Iran, on March 26, 2024.
Three sons of Ismail Haniyeh, the pinnacle of the Hamas Political Bureau, alongside together with his three grandchildren, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza Metropolis Wednesday.
Hamas’ media workplace reported that the sons have been killed by a strike on their automobile whereas they have been driving in Al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza Metropolis. Three of Haniyeh’s grandchildren have been additionally killed within the raid, Hamas mentioned.
Later within the day, Israel formally confirmed the assault.
“An plane struck three Hamas navy operatives that carried out terrorist exercise within the central Gaza Strip,” Israel’s Shin Guess safety service and the Israel Protection Forces (IDF) mentioned in a joint assertion.
In response to the assertion, the three sons who have been killed are Amir Haniyeh, Mohammad Haniyeh, and Hazem Haniyeh.
The IDF added within the assertion that it’s “conscious of claims that different relations of Haniyeh have been harmed, amongst them a minor. This data isn’t verified by the IDF.”
Haniyeh mentioned in an interview with Al Jazeera TV after the assault that the killing of his sons wouldn’t have an effect on Hamas’ calls for in Gaza ceasefire negotiations.
Haniyeh, the 61-year-old Hamas chief, relies in Qatar.
