{"id":264957,"date":"2025-03-23T12:42:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T12:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/senior-hamas-leader-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-on-southern-gaza\/"},"modified":"2025-03-23T12:42:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T12:42:02","slug":"senior-hamas-leader-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-on-southern-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/senior-hamas-leader-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-on-southern-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Hamas leader killed in Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza has killed top Hamas political leader Salah al Bardaweel, officials of the militant group have said.<\/p>\n

He was a member of the party’s political bureau and Palestinian parliament – and often gave media interviews.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Hamas<\/a><\/strong> said he was “a beacon of political, media, and national activism”, and a “symbol of honesty, steadfastness, and sacrifice”.<\/p>\n

The strike, which took place on Khan Younis, also killed his wife – and several other Palestinians.<\/p>\n

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At least 30 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Rafah and Khan Younis on Sunday, Gaza health authorities said.<\/p>\n

The European Hospital and Kuwaiti Hospital said women and children were among those killed in the Khan Younis attack.<\/p>\n

Explosions took place throughout the north, central, and southern Gaza Strip in the early hours of Sunday – with Israeli planes hitting several targets.<\/p>\n

More than 50,000 people have now been killed in the territory since the war began, according to Gaza health officials.<\/p>\n

The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count – but has previously said more than half of those killed in the conflict were women and children.<\/p>\n

The war began when Hamas militants carried out a cross-border raid into southern Israel<\/a><\/strong> on 7 October 2023, killing 1,200 people and capturing around 250 hostages, according to Israeli officials. Israel responded by launching an air and ground offensive in Gaza.<\/p>\n

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Israel’s military abandoned the ceasefire agreement that began on 19 January on Tuesday – by resuming significant airstrikes on Gaza.<\/p>\n

Israel claims Hamas broke the ceasefire – something the group denies, in turn accusing Israel of violating the agreement that was initiated by Qatar, Egypt and the US.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly asserted the primary aim of the war is to destroy Hamas in its entirety.<\/p>\n

Mr Netanyahu has also said Israel’s latest military assault hopes to force Hamas to give up the remaining hostages.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Israel’s ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely, Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Thursday challenged<\/strong> <\/a>the idea that Hamas broke the ceasefire, given the militant group released all the hostages that were agreed upon during the first phase.<\/p>\n

Mr Hotovely said: “The framework was very clear. Hamas must release hostages every single week. We waited three weeks with no hostages being released. We don’t want to fight.<\/p>\n

“Hamas is not releasing hostages anymore. Israel has no other choice rather than putting pressure on a terror organisation.<\/p>\n

“We are dealing with terrorists. We are not dealing with civilised people.”<\/p>\n

Read more from Sky News:<\/strong>
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Turkish president Erdogan’s main rival jailed pending trial<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hamas has spent weeks calling for serious talks on the ceasefire agreement’s second phase, which calls for the release of remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian political prisoners, a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and a permanent ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Talks were supposed to begin last month. It is unclear whether if, or when, they will now take place.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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