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Grandson of Hamas founder Yassin said killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

By Gianluca Pacchiani 7 January 2024, 1:45 pm 6 Edit

Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel

Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, founder of the Palestinian terror group Hamas, talks to the media during a celebration to welcome him back to Gaza, held at the Islamic complex in Gaza City, June 25, 1998. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, founder of the Palestinian terror group Hamas, talks to the media during a celebration to welcome him back to Gaza, held at the Islamic complex in Gaza City, June 25, 1998. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Palestinian media sources report the death in an Israeli airstrike of Ali Salem Abu Ajwa, the grandson of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who founded the Hamas terror group in Gaza in 1987 and served as its spiritual leader until he was killed by Israel in 2004.

Abu Ajwa, who reportedly died this morning, is claimed to have worked as a journalist in Gaza.

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