A senior Hamas official, speaking to Reuters, confirmed the martyrdom of Samir Abu Younis, commander of the Rafah Brigade in the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, following an Israeli airstrike.
Previously, Palestinian sources reported that Abu Younis was martyred in an Israeli drone strike on the Al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Shin Bet and the Israeli army also announced in a joint statement that the commander of the Rafah Brigade was killed in an airstrike.
