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Strike on Haniyeh’s sons had no connection to hostage negotiations, Israeli official says
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Onlookers look at the remains of the car in which three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in al-Shati camp, west of Gaza City on April 10, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Amid suspicions that the Israeli strike on Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh’s sons was meant to scuttle the hostage talks in Cairo, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel that “the operation has no connection to the negotiations for the release of hostages.”
“Israel will continue eliminating all terrorists.”