Marwan Issa, highest-ranking Hamas member killed in Gaza, dead

THE Marwan Issathird in its leadership hierarchy Hamas also known by the nickname “The Shadow Man” was killed last week during an Israeli military operation in Gaza, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan announced.

“Marwan Isa he was killed during an Israeli operation last week,” Sullivan said during a press conference.

#BREAKING: US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirms that Israeli strikes in Gaza liquidated Hamas’s #3 Marwan Issa pic.twitter.com/0tDaN2DSg5

— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) March 18, 2024

Marwan Issa, aged 58 or 59, was the second-in-command of Mohammed Deir, the commander of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigadesthe military wing of Hamas.

One of the Hamas officials most wanted by Israel, among them masterminds of the October 7 attack in Israel, Marwan Issa is the most senior member of the Hamas leadership to be killed in Gaza since the war began.

CONFIRMED: Marwan Issa, Hamas’s #3 in Gaza, was eliminated in a targeted IAF airstrike last weekend. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed the news today in a press briefing. pic.twitter.com/Cfc5XC991O

— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) March 18, 2024

The spokesman of the Israeli army, Daniel Hagari, had announced on 11 March that Marwan Issa and another Hamas official were targeted in an Israeli airstrike against underground hideout in central Gaza.

Notable words from Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi on the fate of senior Hamas member Marwan Issa:

“Last week, in a complex and precise attack in the Nuseirat area, we struck senior Hamas commanders (Marwan Issa) whose fate Hamas is trying very hard to hide.

We embarked… pic.twitter.com/07x5houIIO

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) March 17, 2024

Israeli media sources said the official was killed in an airstrike targeting a tunnel under the refugee camp Nuseirat.

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