The Israeli military said Friday it had killed a senior Hamas official it described as one of the last surviving senior officials in the Gaza militant group.

In a statement posted to social media, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Izz al-Din Kassab, the head of national relations in Hamas’ political bureau, was killed in an airstrike in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis.

The IDF said Kassab “was responsible for........

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