Israeli Strike:
Marwan Issa, one of the top military leaders of Hamas, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, White House official Jack Sullivan said. Among the leaders of Hamas who died in the Israeli attack after the war started on October 7th. Jesus is the oldest.
However, this has not yet been officially confirmed by the Palestinian Authority, which controls Gaza.
On Monday, US President Joe Biden spoke by telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli media claims that Israeli airstrikes targeted a tunnel complex under the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza last week. Marwan Isa was killed in that attack.
The deputy commander of Hamas’s military wing Ezedin Al-Qassam Brigade Mr. Jesus was most wanted by Israel. This Hamas leader has already been blacklisted by the European Union.
He was accused of being one of the masterminds behind the October 7 attack. About 1,200 Israelis died in the attack. This war started because of that attack.
Mr. Issa spent five years in an Israeli prison during the first Palestinian intifada.
The Israeli army has killed many senior Hamas leaders since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7. Earlier, the political leader of Hamas, Salih al-Arouri, was killed in an explosion in Dahiya, a southern suburb of Beirut. Israel was blamed for the attack. Mr. White House National Security Adviser. Sullivan said they believe other Hamas leaders are hiding deep within the Hamas tunnel network in Gaza. He said the United States had promised to help Israel find top Hamas leaders and bring them to justice.
After the start of the Israel-Hamas war, Israel claimed many successes for its military, but many civilians were killed. US President Joe Biden called Netanyahu to express his concern.
Mr. According to Sullivan, the US has promised to help Israel find the perpetrators of Hamas, but President Biden also warned that it would be a mistake for Israel to attack the city of Rafah. An estimated one million refugees have taken refuge during the war in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
The US national security adviser told reporters that the aggression would lead to more innocent civilian deaths. In the meantime, a dire humanitarian crisis has arisen. Attacks in such a situation will worsen the situation. That would further isolate Israel internationally.
More than 31,000 Palestinian civilians have died in Israeli attacks since the start of the war on October 7, according to the Hamas Health Ministry. The killing of civilians in the attack has sparked worldwide condemnation. Which is alienating Israel from its allies internationally.
Mr. Sullivan said that when President Biden spoke with Netanyahu on the phone earlier; He then pressured Israel to end the war.
On Thursday, the top Democrat in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, called for new elections in Israel, saying that Mr. Netanyahu is putting more importance on his own political survival than the needs of the country.
Biden told reporters in his Oval Office on Friday that he mr. Schumer already knew about such statements. Biden said at the time that this was not just Schumer’s statement, but that many Americans have similar concerns.