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Israeli air strike kills senior Hamas commander in Gaza

Al Jazeera

Hamas has confirmed that Rafah brigade commander Samir Abu Younis was killed in an Israeli air strike on the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, southern Gaza. Israel’s military and Shin Bet security agency earlier said in a joint statement that they had targeted a senior Hamas military commander in a drone strike in Khan Younis on Saturday. The attack that hit a tent sheltering displaced people wounded two others. The casualties were taken to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, medical personnel told Al Jazeera on Saturday. Video footage verified by Al Jazeera and posted by Palestinian journalists from the vicinity of the hospital showed ambulances inside the grounds and stretchers that appear to be stained with blood.

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