Bombs continue to fall on Gazans. A strike by the Israeli army on a refugee camp in this territory killed ten members of the family of Hamas leader Ismaïl Haniyeh on Tuesday June 25, according to announcements from the strip’s civil defense. Gaza. Among the victims is Zahr Haniyeh, the sister of the leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement. She was killed in this raid on the Al-Chati camp, said Mahmoud Bassal, spokesperson for civil defense.
According to this source, nine other people died and others were injured. The bodies were transported to Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza. “A number of martyrs are still under the rubble”declared Mr. Bassal to Agence France-Presse (AFP). “We are having difficulties [à les retrouver] due to lack of equipment and fuel,” he added. Asked by AFP, the Israeli army indicated that it was unable to confirm this information.
Three sons and four grandchildren of Ismaïl Haniyeh killed in April
In April, three sons and four grandchildren of Mr. Haniyeh, who lives in exile in Qatar, were killed in a strike in the Al-Chati camp. The Israeli army confirmed that it had killed the three sons, described as“military agents of the terrorist organization Hamas”. Ismail Haniyeh said that around sixty members of his family had been killed since the war began on October 7.
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The latest report from the Hamas government, in power in Gaza since 2007, shows 37,626 deaths since that date, the majority of them civilians. On the Israeli side, according to an AFP count, established using official data from the Jewish state, 1,195 people have died, mostly civilians, since the Hamas attacks on October 7.
