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Chief of Hamas military brigade killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

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17 October 2023, 4:32 pm Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, October 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

The Hamas terror group announces the death of a senior member in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement, Hamas says Ayman Nofal, a member of the terror group’s General Military Council and the head of its military wing’s Central Gaza Brigade, was killed in a strike in the Bureij refugee camp.

The Israel Defense Forces has not yet commented on the apparent assassination.

Hamas announces the death of Ayman Nofal, a member of the terror group's General Military Council, in an Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/KJHhp4LogE

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) October 17, 2023