A Hamas operative, whose brother is the director of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza City’s Shati camp yesterday, the IDF confirms.
According to the military, Majed Abu Salmiya was a sniper in Hamas’s military wing, and was set to carry out an “imminent” attack on Israeli forces in the area.
The IDF says it took steps to mitigate civilian harm in the strike, “as much as possible,” including by using a precision munition, aerial surveillance, and other intelligence.
Abu Salmiya is the brother of Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya, the Shifa Hospital director who was detained by Israel in November 2023 on suspicion of having allowed Hamas to use the Gaza City hospital as a center of operations, before being released in July 2024.
According to Palestinian media, the strike also killed at least two other members of Abu Salmiya’s family and destroyed their home.
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