By Reuters and Algemeiner Staff |
Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian terrorist group and Haniyeh’s family said.
The Israeli military confirmed carrying out the attack, describing the three sons as terrorist operatives in Hamas’ armed wing.
The three sons — Hazem, Amir, and Mohammad — were killed when the car they were driving was bombed in Gaza’s Al-Shati camp, Hamas said, adding that four of Haniyeh’s grandchildren, three girls and a boy, were also killed in the attack.
Asked about the four grandchildren killed in the airstrike, the Israeli military said there was “no information on that right now.”
Haniyeh — who reportedly has an estimated net worth of $4 billion and lives a life of luxury abroad in exile in Qatar — has been the tough-talking face of Hamas’ international diplomacy as war with Israel has raged on in Gaza, where his family home was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike back in November.
“The blood of my sons is not dearer than the blood of our people,” Haniyeh, 61, who has 13 sons and daughters according to Hamas sources, told pan-Arab Al Jazeera TV.
The three sons and four grandchildren were making family visits during the first day of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday in Shati, their home refugee camp in Gaza City, according to relatives.
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