Gaza officials say Israeli fire kills six, including Hamas commander

Gaza's civil defence agency said that Israeli fire on Tuesday killed at least six people, including a Hamas commander, confirming an earlier report from the Israeli military.

Hamas militants carry grenade launchers at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed/File Photo

The civil defence, which operates as a rescue force under Hamas authority, said that Izz al-Din al Beik was killed in an Israeli strike west of Gaza City, together with another man.

Hamas described him in a statement as a "member of the General Military Council of the al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas's military wing) and commander of the Northern Brigade".

Announcing Beik's killing, the al-Qassam Brigades said he had been one of the commanders in the operations room for Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel that sparked the Gaza war.

Source: Citizen Digital