An IDF graphic stating that top Hamas official Izz al-Din Kassab was killed by the IDF in Gaza on November 1, 2024 (Israel Defense Forces)
THE TIMES OF ISRAEL |
Published November 2, 2024
Military announces that Izz al-Din Kassab, who served as terror group’s head of national relations, was killed alongside his assistant in Khan Younis area
Top Hamas official Izz al-Din Kassab was killed Friday in an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF and Shin Bet announced.
Kasab was one of the last remaining members of Hamas’s political bureau, where he served as head of national relations.
According to the military, he was responsible for coordination between Hamas and the other terror groups in Gaza.
“Kassab was a significant source of power and, by virtue of his role, was responsible for the organization’s strategic and military relations with other factions in the Gaza Strip. He held the authority to direct the execution of terror attacks against the State of Israel,” the IDF said in a statement.
According to the IDF, Kassab’s assistant, Ayman Ayesh, was also killed in the strike.
The military released footage of the strike, which took place in the Khan Younis area.
Meanwhile, the Kan public broadcaster said Mossad chief David Barnea told the families of hostages in Gaza during a meeting Friday that reports that Hamas rejected a recent Egyptian proposal for a 12-day ceasefire are incorrect and that the terror group is expected to submit its formal response to the offer at the beginning of next week.
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SOURCE: www.timesofisrael.com
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-it-killed-one-of-the-last-remaining-hamas-politburo-members-still-in-gaza/
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Hamas’s Head of National Relations Izz al-Din Kassab was eliminated by the IDF on November 1, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)
THE JERUSALEM POST |
Published November 2, 2024
Kassab was responsible for Hamas’s relations and cooperation, strategic and military, with other terrorist organizations within the Gaza Strip.
The IDF eliminated Hamas’s National Relations head Izz al-Din Kassab on Friday in Khan Yunis, Gaza, who was also one of the last remaining members of the terrorist organization’s political bureau still inside the Palestinian enclave.
The strike that killed Kassab was completed based on IDF and ISA intelligence. His assistant Ayman Ayesh was also killed in the strike.
He was also responsible for Hamas’s relations and cooperation, whether strategic or military, with other terrorist organizations within the Gaza Strip such as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Documentation of the strike that killed Hamas terrorist Izz al-Din Kassab (credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)
Kassab also held authority within the Gazan terrorist organization to direct attacks against Israel, the IDF noted.
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SOURCE: www.m.jpost.com
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