Azzam al-Hayya, the son of Hamas leader in Gaza Khalil al-Hayya, has been seriously injured in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, the Palestinian group said.
In remarks to Al Jazeera, al-Hayya stated that one person, Hamza al-Sharbasi, was killed in the strike on the Daraj neighbourhood, while his son Azzam and several others suffered severe injuries.
Al-Hayya has described the attack as “an extension of the Israeli aggression against our people everywhere” and linked it to attempts to pressure Palestinian negotiators through “killing, terror and intimidation.”
He said the political message behind the strike was to signal that neither leaders nor their children were beyond targeting, adding that “assassinations have become a daily occurrence under a systematic policy of intimidation.”
The remarks have come hours after five Palestinians, including a police officer, were killed in Israeli strikes targeting civilian gatherings and a police vehicle.
Medics said Naseem al-Kalazani, a colonel in the Hamas-run police force, died when his vehicle was targeted near the Al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis.
