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Israel strikes Gaza home of Hamas political leader-in-exile, killing 14

By Gianluca Pacchiani 17 October 2023, 6:30 pm
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Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh speaks during a press conference after meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, June 28, 2021. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP)
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh speaks during a press conference after meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, June 28, 2021. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP)

Palestinian medical sources report that 14 family members of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, in Gaza City.

Haniyeh’s brother and nephew have been reportedly killed in the strike. The leader himself is currently in Qatar.

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