One Palestinian is killed and five others are injured following Israeli airstrikes on besieged Gaza, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry
Israeli fighter jets shelled, with several missiles, central areas of Gaza, according to witnesses and an Anadolu Agency correspondent. / Photo: AA
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said on Wednesday that Hashil Mubarak, 58, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.The Israeli military claimed it bombed tunnels, arms production sites and military installations belonging to the Hamas group in Gaza. His death has triggered a storm of condemnations, with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh calling it a"deliberate assassination."
The 44-year-old, from the town of Arraba, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, started his hunger strike on February 5 to protest his detention by Israeli authorities.
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