Israeli military reportedly attacks high-ranking Hamas official in Gaza
An Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip targeted senior Hamas official Raad Saad, Israeli media reported on Saturday, citing reports from the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military has neither confirmed nor denied the reports and nothing is currently known about Saad’s condition.
Israeli media sources reported that Saad is a member of Hamas’ military wing and serves as head of the terrorist group’s operations department.
The Israeli army had previously stated that fighter jets had attacked two Hamas military infrastructures in the Gaza City area. The military pointed out that further details would follow.
Later, Ismail Al-Thawabtathe, director of the Hamas-run government media office in Gaza, told Reuters that 42 people had been killed in Israeli strikes in districts of Gaza city.
Al-Thawabtathe did not tell Reuters how many of them were terrorists and how many were possibly civilians.
Where were the strikes?
According to the head of the media office, 24 of them were killed in an attack on houses in the Shati refugee camp outside Gaza City.
The other 18 were reportedly killed in an attack on houses in the Tuffah district.
This is an evolving story.