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Senior Hamas leader assassinated in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
During an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip on Sunday, June 29, 2025, Hakim al-Issa, nicknamed Abu Omar al-Suri, a senior commander of Hamas’ military wing, was martyred.
Israeli media claimed that al-Issa, known as Hisham al-Issa, was a key leader of Operation October 7 and the last senior commander of the Hamas resistance movement in Gaza.
This assassination has been confirmed by the Israeli army forces.