Israeli forces kill Hamas commander Izz al-Din al-Beik in Gaza attack
Head of Hamas’s armed wing in northern Gaza killed in an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Gaza City.

Head of Hamas’s armed wing in northern Gaza killed in an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Gaza City.


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