{"id":26706,"date":"2023-10-19T14:21:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cahootie.com\/?p=26706"},"modified":"2023-10-19T14:21:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:21:15","slug":"hamas-commander-and-family-killed-by-devastating-israeli-airstrike-on-his-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahootie.com\/world-news\/hamas-commander-and-family-killed-by-devastating-israeli-airstrike-on-his-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas commander and family killed by devastating Israeli airstrike on his house"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A key Hamas commander has been assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in the latest devastating blow to the terrorist group.<\/p>\n

Jehad Mheisen, one of the leaders of Hamas’s security forces, has been killed along with his family at his home in Gaza City.<\/p>\n

Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have also killed a Hamas political leader, the terrorist organization said on Hamas radio.<\/p>\n

Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti, 68, was a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and the first woman in the political bureau of Hamas.<\/p>\n

She was reportedly killed in an Israeli airstrike in the early hours this morning.\u00a0Israeli media cited Hamas radio confirming her death.<\/p>\n

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Her husband, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, was a founding member and Hamas leader. He was killed by Israel’s Air Force in 2004 by a hellfire missile strike.<\/p>\n

The IDF struck a series of targets overnight, according to reports, including a precision strike that siped out 10 Hamas terrorists including the head of the military branch of the Popular Resistance Committees.<\/p>\n

The Twitter account Israel War Room posted: “Fighter jets struck and eliminated Rafat Harb Hussein Abu Hilal, the head of the military branch of the Popular Resistance Committees in Rafah.”<\/p>\n

The latest blows for Hamas comes days after another top commander for the terrorist group was killed in another Israeli strike.<\/p>\n

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Ayman Nofal in charge of the Central Gaza area in the armed wing Izz el-Deen Al-Qassam Brigades, had been the most high-profile and well-known Hamas militant to have been killed in the ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n

The top commander’s death came hours after the Israeli Defence Forces said it had killed senior Hamas official Dr Osama Mazini.<\/p>\n

Israel has launched a series of airstrikes in Gaza following the barbaric Hamas terrorist attack on October 7 that killed more than 1,300 Israelis.<\/p>\n

Palestinian authorities believe some 2,800 people have been killed in Gaza since the fighting began nearly two weeks ago, with at least another 1,200 missing.<\/p>\n