Israel confirms assassinations of Hamas leaders

The Shin Bet confirms it targeted two Hamas leaders, Raed Al-Attar and Mohammed Abu Shamaleh.

“The strike was the result of intelligence and operational activities, which led to the detection and attack on two central operatives from the heart of Hamas’s military leadership,” it says in a statement.

A third Hamas member, Mohammed Barhoum, was also killed in the Rafah airstrike.

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