The Israeli military has announced yesterday that it had killed senior Hamas official Izz al-Din Kassab in an airstrike in Khan Younis. Kassab was described as one of the last remaining high-ranking Hamas figures involved in coordinating with other factions in the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, Hamas confirmed Kassab’s death in a statement, saying he was killed alongside Ayman Ayesh, another Hamas official, in an Israeli strike on their vehicle. Hamas sources told to a media agency that while Kassab held a leadership role in Gaza, he was not part of the organization’s political decision-making office.