Israel confirms having “eliminated” Marwan Issa, number 2 of the armed wing of Hamas. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan previously announced his death during a press conference.
This is the highest-ranking official in the Palestinian movement killed by the Israeli army in Gaza since the start of the war. At the beginning of January, the IsraeliArmy had already brought down a major target: Saleh al-Arouri, number two of Hamas, during a strike on the suburbs of Beirut, in Lebanon.