One of Hamas’ top leaders in the Gaza Strip, Marwan Issa, was killed last week in an Israeli strike. This cadre of the Palestinian Islamist movement is the highest-ranking Hamas leader killed since the start of the war. Confirmation of his death came from the United States.
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At the beginning of January 2024, it was in Lebanon that a strike attributed to Israel cost the life of Saleh al-Arouri, one of the exiled leaders of Hamas and more precisely of its armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam brigades.
Hit on a tunnel
Last week, Marwan Issa, another leader of this armed branch, was killed in an Israeli strike targeting a tunnel built under the Nuseirat camp in the center of the Gaza Strip.
In the complex organization chart of Hamas, Marwan Issa was the deputy of Mohammed Deif, the mysterious and elusive commander of the Ezzedine al-Qassam brigades. Both have operated in great secrecy in recent years. So much so that it is unknown whether Mohammed Deif is still alive, after having been targeted by several Israeli attempts to eliminate him.
Hidden in the underground
In this small circle of Hamas leaders who are credited with preparing attacks on October 7 in Israel also appears Yahya Sinouar, political leader of the movement for the Gaza Strip. Yahya Sinouar is still evading Israel, probably hidden underground in the Palestinian enclave.
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