Ahmed al-Batsh, known as 'Abu Osama a commander in the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades—was assassinated in an attack near the Al-Saftawi junction in northern Gaza City.
No further details regarding the circumstances of this assassination have so far been released, and Al-Qassam Brigade has not responded to the claim tht this commander was assassinated.
This is the second assassination of an Al-Qassam commander in the past few days.
On Thursday, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades also issued a statement confirming the martyrdom of Farah Ahmed Abdul-Majid Hamed, a member of the brigades' military council in the West Bank.
According to the statement, Hamed was martyred following an attack by the Israeli regime in the west of Gaza City.
MNA