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Senior Palestinian security officer said killed in Gaza strike
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Palestinian media outlets report that a senior official has been killed in an Israeli airstrike.
The reports say Jihad Muheisen, the head of the Palestinian National Security Forces in the Gaza Strip, was killed in a strike on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City.
The Israel Defense Forces has not yet commented on Muheisen’s reported death.
عاجل| ارتقاء اللواء جهـــاد محيسن، قائد قوات الأمن الوطني الفلسطيني في قطاع غزة، وعائلته بقصف منزله داخل حي الشيخ رضوان. pic.twitter.com/Lpstz3fWWv
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