Shifa Hospital Operation: Hamas Official Killed

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This is Faik al-Mabhouh, head of a Hamas internal security department that is also responsible for operational operations, according to a joint statement by the military and the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service on Monday.

Al-Mabhouh was also “responsible for coordinating Hamas’ terrorist activities in the Gaza Strip.” There was initially no official confirmation from Hamas about Al-Mabhouh’s death.

Al-Mabhouh was killed after intelligence received information about the presence of senior Hamas members in Shifa hospital, the military said. He was hiding armed in a building in the hospital complex and was killed in a confrontation with the troops, the statement said. Several weapons were found in the room next to his hiding place.

Eyewitnesses reported heavy gunfire inside the hospital. There were reports that a journalist from the Arabic channel Al-Jazeera was among dozens of people arrested at the clinic.

According to information from Gaza, the murdered man was a brother of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was killed in Dubai in 2010. Dubai police had accused Israel’s foreign secret service Mossad of being behind the crime.

One accusation against Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was that he had purchased weapons for Hamas. The case caused a great international stir. (SDA)

Source: Blick