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Israeli Army Claims Elimination of Two Senior Hamas Members in Jenin

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), together with the Israel Security Agency (Shabak), reported the elimination of two senior members of Palestinian movement Hamas in the city of Jenin in the West Bank.
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Earlier, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported the death of two people as a result of an Israeli strike on a car in Jenin.
"The ISA and IDF eliminated two senior Hamas terrorists in Jenin who were involved in planning the shooting attack in the Jordan Valley, during which Yonatan Deutsch was murdered," the Israeli army said on Telegram.
One of the killed Hamas members was involved in "further terrorist attacks" and was engaged in the manufacture of explosive devices for carrying out attacks, while the other was responsible for Hamas's military infrastructure in the Jenin area, it said.
Hamas confirmed the two leaders' death in a statement posted on Telegram.
"With the highest expression of pride, submission to Allah's will, and confidence in His imminent victory, the Martyr Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades announces to our people and the masses of our Arab and Islamic nation the martyrdom of two of its noble knights."
The statement listed Rafaat Mahmoud Dawasi, listed as the leader of Al-Qassam (the military branch of Hamas) in Jenin, and Ahmed Walid Abu Ora, a Qassam leader from the village of Aqaba
"The Qassam Brigades affirms that the blood of its martyred commanders will only herald a torrent of blood for the occupier through more high-profile operations that will be carried out by Qassam fighters from all the governorates of the occupied West Bank, by the will of Allah," the statement added.
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