Israeli military says troops may have killed Hamas' senior leader in Gaza, as a separate strike targets 'dozens of terrorists' allegedly holed up in a school.
Israel 's military said it was working Thursday to confirm whether Hamas ' top commander in the Gaza Strip , Yahya Sinwar, was among 'three terrorists' killed by troops during an operation in the decimated Palestinian territory. Prominent Israel i journalists quickly started reporting, citing military and intelligence officials, that Sinwar was killed almost by chance on Wednesday, as troops fired on three armed men in or near the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
The IDF published a list of a dozen names of purported terrorists it said were among those using the compound as a command and control center. It said the men 'involved in rocket attacks against Israeli territory, as well as in planning and committing terrorist attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel in recent days' were targeted in an intelligence-based 'precise strike.
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