USA announced this Monday that number three of Hamas, Marwan Issawas killed last week in an Israeli offensive.

“He died during an Israeli operation last week. The remaining senior officials are probably hiding in Hamas’s deep network of tunnels,” a Hamas adviser said at a press conference. White House National Security, Jake Sullivan.

A US administration representative stressed that Washington will help achieve justice.

“Israel has made significant progress in the fight against Hamas. “They destroyed a significant number of Hamas battalions and killed thousands of militants, including senior commanders,” he added.

The statement, which has not been confirmed by Israel, came on the same day that US President Joe Biden and the first Israeli Minister Benjamin Netanyahu They spoke on the phone for the first time in weeks.

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In this conversation they discussed the humanitarian crisis in Gaza Strip and a possible Israeli operation in the city Rafah, the southernmost point of the Palestinian enclave, and that Washington is considered a “mistake”.

In the Hamas hierarchy in the Gaza Strip, Marwan Issa is “number 3” since the leader is Yahya Sinwar, head of an Islamist group in the enclave that combines political and military branches; followed by Mohamed Deif, commander in chief Al-Qassama Brigades.

(EFE)