Hamas confirms Haniyeh’s sister killed in overnight strike in Gaza City

In a statement, the terror group Hamas confirms an earlier report that leader Ismail Haniyeh’s sister was killed in an overnight air raid in the Shati camp, in Gaza city.

The Israel Defense Forces said earlier today that fighter jets struck two buildings in Shati and in Gaza City’s Daraj neighborhood that were allegedly used by Hamas. Among the victims were terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre and were involved in holding hostages, according to the military.

Hamas says that at least 10 people were killed in the Shati camp strike, including Haniyeh’s sister, and eight members of the same family were killed in the Daraj strikes, which targeted two schools, one of which was under UNRWA management.

The terror group says that it holds “the administration of US President Joe Biden responsible for the continuation of the war,” and calls on the “Arab and Islamic nation and the free people of the world to intensify their mobilization at all levels and increase pressure to stop the aggression.”

The IDF said in its statement that it carried out aerial surveillance, used “precision munitions,” and employed other intelligence to mitigate harm to civilians in the strikes, and that “the Hamas terrorist organization continuously violates international law by systematically exploiting civilian structures and using the civilian population as human shields for its terror activity against Israel.”