Israeli forces kill senior Hamas official, a ‘central figure’, in Gaza attack

At least eight people killed in the strike on Musa bin Nusair school in Gaza City's Daraj al-Tuffah neighbourhood, which was sheltering displaced people

Jerusalem: Israel’s military and Shin Bet security agency announced that they had killed Muhammad Ahmed Albec, the head of the National Security Directorate of Hamas‘ Security Services, in an airstrike on a school in Gaza.

At least eight people were killed in the strike on the Musa bin Nusair school in Gaza City’s Daraj al-Tuffah neighbourhood, which was sheltering displaced people, according to Palestinian health officials. The Israeli military and Shin Bet claimed in a joint statement that a Hamas command center was located within the school compound, which was struck by the Air Force, Xinhua news agency reported.

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“The Security Directorate of Hamas produces intelligence assessments that aid in Hamas’ decision-making, and is also responsible for the security of senior Hamas members, providing them with hideouts to ensure the continuation of their military activities,” the statement said.

It described Albec as “a central figure” in Hamas’ security apparatus. Meanwhile, two people were killed and a third was injured on Monday in an Israeli drone strike on the village of Taybeh in southern Lebanon, according to official media reports and military sources.

The National News Agency reported that the airstrike targeted a group of people near a school in Taybeh. A source from the Lebanese Red Cross told Xinhua that its crews transferred two bodies and an injured person from Taybeh to a hospital in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon.