Hamas's armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades has announced the death of its senior commander Ayman Nofal on Tuesday (October 17) after he was killed by an Israeli air strike.
People mourn by the body of Hamas commander Ayman Nofal during his funeral in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip, on October 17, 2023. "Ayman Nofal, 'Abu Ahmad', a member of the general military council and commander of the central command in Al-Qassam Brigades, was killed" in an Israeli strike on the central Gaza Strip, Hamas said in a statement on October 17, referring to its military wing.
In a statement, the terror group said the strike hit the Bureij refugee camp, where the commander, also known as "Abu Ahmad" was suspected to be located.
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) has yet to comment on the apparent assassination.
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Ayman Nofal (C) a prominent member of the Palestinian militant group Hamas' military wing Al-Qassam waves to his supporters upon his arrival back home in Gaza Strip’s Nusairat refugee camp on February 5, 2011. There are initial reports that Nofal has been killed in an Israeli airstrike on October 17, 2023.
According to the Associated Press, Nofal was in charge of Hamas militant activities in the central Gaza region and was associated with the creation of the group's "joint operations" room that coordinated between Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other militants in the territory.
He was reportedly the highest-ranking Hamas militant to be killed so far.
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