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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Wife and children of senior Hamas official left Gaza for Egypt without Israel’s knowledge – report
The Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, on January 29, 2024. (Said Khatib/AFP)
The wife and children of senior Hamas member Sameh al-Siraj left Gaza for Egypt earlier today without Israel’s knowledge, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
According to the report, al-Siraj’s family left the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Crossing, although he was not with them, and his well-being and whereabouts are unknown.
In November, the IDF said it had struck a tunnel in which al-Siraj was hiding along with several other senior Hamas politburo members, but did not specify whether any of the officials had been killed.
Al-Siraj has served in the Hamas politburo since 2021 and is in charge of the Strip’s internal security.
