Hamas commander Jehad Mheisen killed along with his family as Israel blows up his house in assassination blitz

A KEY Hamas commander was killed today alongside his family after an Israeli airstrike on his house.

One of the leaders of the terror group’s security forces, Jehad Mheisen, was killed at his home in Gaza City today.

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TAKEN OUT Hamas commander Jehad Mheisen killed along with his family as Israel blows up his house in assassination blitz
Aliki Kraterou
Published: 6:52 ET, Oct 19 2023Updated: 8:20 ET, Oct 19 2023
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A KEY Hamas commander was killed today alongside his family after an Israeli airstrike on his house.

One of the leaders of the terror group’s security forces, Jehad Mheisen, was killed at his home in Gaza City today.

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The top Hamas commander was killed after an airstrike on his house today
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The top Hamas commander was killed after an airstrike on his house today
The aftermath of Israeli airstrikes at al-Zahra neighborhood in the Gaza Strip
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The aftermath of Israeli airstrikes at al-Zahra neighborhood in the Gaza StripCredit: Getty
Smoke can be seen billowing in the sky above the city of Sderot
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Smoke can be seen billowing in the sky above the city of SderotCredit: AFP
Thousands of people from both sides have been killed in the past weeks
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Thousands of people from both sides have been killed in the past weeksCredit: AFP
The top commander was killed with his family in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Radwan, a Hamas-aligned news agency said.

His death comes just days after another Hamas top commander was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

Ayman Nofal, who was in charge of the Central Gaza area in the armed wing Izz el-Deen Al-Qassam Brigades, is the most high-profile Hamas militant to be assassinated so far.

Nofal’s death came hours after the IDF confirmed it had killed senior Hamas official Dr Osama Mazini.

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A clip shared on social media showed the bombing in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis last night

Dr Mazini, who was understood to have been the Primary Hamas Negotiator for the 2011 prisoner swap, was taken out in the blast.

He handled the file of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held captive by Hamas in Gaza for five years.

Israel has been pounding neighbourhoods across Gaza including parts of the south that Israel had declared as “safe zones.”