Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Sunday, March 17, 2024
Gallant hints at successful hit on Hamas number 3, Marwan Issa, last week
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to a soldier at the Bilu Camp army base in central Israel, March 17, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant hints that the targeting of Hamas’s deputy military wing commander Marwan Issa last week was successful.
“Thanks to the ground operation, we reached information that led to [eliminations] and successes. This is true for northern Gaza, the central camps in Nuseirat, and Rafah,” he says after visiting troops of the 98th Division at an army base in central Israel.
Issa was targeted while hiding in a tunnel in Nuseirat last week, although neither Israel nor Hamas have yet officially confirmed his death.
