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Hamas names 4 senior officials killed in wave of IDF strikes on Gaza

By Nurit Yohanan 18 March 2025, 12:29 pm 14 Edit

Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

Hamas confirms that at least four senior officials were killed in the IDF strikes overnight.

Hamas’s government media office in Gaza says they include Issam al-Da’alis, head of the government administrative committee — akin to prime minister — as well as Ahmad al-Khatta, director-general of Hamas’s justice ministry; Mahmoud Abu Watfa, director-general of Hamas’s interior ministry; and Bahjat Abu Sultan, head of Hamas’s domestic security agency.

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