HAMAS confirmed today that Rafah brigade commander Samir Abu Younis has been killed by 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 after midnight on Saturday.

The Israeli military claimed Mr Abu Younis had been directing plans “to advance and carry out terror attacks.”

Two months earlier, his predecessor was also killed by an Israeli strike.

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