The IDF says it struck and killed a Hamas commander in the Gaza Strip in response to a violation of the ceasefire by the terror group.
On Saturday, the military says, a Palestinian gunman opened fire on Israeli troops in the Strip. No injuries were reported in the incident.
“In response to the violation by the Hamas terror organization… the IDF struck and eliminated Kamal Ayash, a key commander in the anti-tank unit” of Hamas, the army says.
Health authorities in the Hamas-run Strip reported that the strike, on Sunday in Nuseirat in central Gaza, killed four, including two boys and a woman pregnant with twins. The strike hit a house, killing a couple in their 30s and their 10-year-old son, according to the nearby Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
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