Senior Hamas military commander killed in ‘Israeli’ strike
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- An ‘Israeli’ airstrike in Deir al-Balah killed Mohammad al-Houli, a field commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
- The strike occurred one day after the "Phase Two" transition of the US-brokered peace plan began, threatening the move toward demilitarization and raising the death toll from Thursday's military operations to at least eight Palestinians.
A senior official within Hamas’s armed wing was killed Thursday evening in an ‘Israeli’ airstrike, Palestinian sources confirmed, further jeopardizing a tenuous ceasefire that has seen repeated violations in recent weeks.
The ‘Israeli’ strike targeted Deir al-Balah, killing Mohammad al-Houli, a field commander for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
Impact on Ceasefire
The timing of the assassination is critical, as it coincides with the formal transition to "Phase Two" of the US-brokered peace plan, intended to move Gaza toward demilitarization and reconstruction.
With the killing of al-Houli, the number of Palestinians killed by ‘Israeli’ fire since Thursday morning has risen to at least eight.
Most of these casualties occurred during strikes in Deir al-Balah and Rafah.
