JERUSALEM, Mac 27 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel confirmed yesterday that, Marwan Issa, the deputy military leader of Hamas, was killed in its airstrike on a tunnel in the Gaza Strip earlier this month.
“Tonight (last night), I can confirm that, according to our intelligence, Marwan Issa was killed in an attack we carried out about two weeks ago,” Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Spokesman, Daniel Hagari, said in a briefing.
Hagari said, Razi Abu Tama’ah, another senior militant of Hamas, was killed with Issa.
On Mac 11, the IDF claimed an attack on a tunnel in Gaza, where the two were believed to be staying. However, it could not confirm their killing, then.– NNN-MA’AN
