Sister of terror chief Ismail Haniyeh reportedly killed in Gaza airstrike

A sister of Hamas leader-in-exile Ismail Haniyeh was among those killed in an Israeli Air Force attack on a building on Gaza’s northern coast overnight Monday, Arab media reports claimed on Tuesday morning.

The Israel Defence Forces confirmed that fighter jets struck two buildings in the northern Strip that were being used by Hamas terrorists, including several who invaded the Jewish state on October 7 and took hostages.

The terrorists had entrenched themselves in school buildings in the Al-Shati Camp and Daraj Tuffah area, the IDF said in a statement. The military added that it took precautions to avoid harm to noncombatants.

Hamas terrorists “systematically violate international law, exploiting civilian infrastructure and the civilian population as human shields to carry out acts of terrorism against the State of Israel,” the army said.