Israel Defense Forces said on the 20th it carried out a precision airstrike in central Gaza that killed Ahmed Samir Mohamed Washa, a member of Hamas’s armed wing whom the IDF said also worked as an Al Jazeera cameraman. The IDF said two other Hamas militants were killed and alleged Washa acted as a sniper for Hamas’s military wing and had planned attacks on Israeli forces, posing a direct threat. The IDF said Washa’s brother, Mohammed Samir Mohamed Washa, a key member of Hamas’s rocket and weapo

Israel Defense Forces said on the 20th it carried out a precision airstrike in central Gaza that killed Ahmed Samir Mohamed Washa, a member of Hamas’s armed wing whom the IDF said also worked as an Al Jazeera cameraman. The IDF said two other Hamas militants were killed and alleged Washa acted as a sniper for Hamas’s military wing and had planned attacks on Israeli forces, posing a direct threat. The IDF said Washa’s brother, Mohammed Samir Mohamed Washa, a key member of Hamas’s rocket and weapons-production unit who also used an Al Jazeera journalist cover, was killed by Israeli strikes in April.