A new report from Gazan sources states that Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem was seriously wounded in an IDF strike in Gaza City, described as an assassination attempt. The report confirms the severity of the injury, following earlier reports that did not specify the extent.
A new report at 18:58 Jerusalem confirms that Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem was seriously wounded in an IDF assassination attempt in Gaza City, after earlier reports from the same evening had varied on the severity of his injury.
At 18:19 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported a series of updates on the strike at the Al-Abbas junction. Initial Palestinian sources stated that Qassem was seriously wounded and one of his escorts was killed. Video footage of the aftermath was circulated, and Israeli journalist Sapir Lipkin confirmed the strike and casualty details, citing sources in Gaza. Gazan sources also confirmed that Qassem was the target. However, a subsequent report at 18:19 stated that the severity of the injury remained unconfirmed, walking back the earlier claims of a serious wound.
The strike occurs amid ongoing IDF operations in Gaza. As The Zioneer reported earlier Thursday evening, the IDF Chief of Staff said at the Air Force graduation ceremony that the military is ready for immediate action and that both Gaza and Tehran now share a sense of being hunted.
The IDF has not commented on the strike. The reports are based on Gazan sources and have not been independently verified by Israeli officials.
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