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As many as 10 members of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh’s family were killed after Israel launched air strikes in Palestinian territory, the Gaza Civil Defence Agency said on Tuesday. However, the development is yet to be confirmed by the Israeli Authorities.

“There are 10 martyrs… as a result of the strike, including Zahr Haniyeh, sister of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh,” news agency AFP reported quoting Mahmud Basal, spokesman for Gaza’s civil defence.

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This report comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu affirmed on Monday that Israel was still committed to its proposed Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. Meanwhile, his military chief stated that the remaining Hamas forces in the southern Gaza city of Rafah are nearly dismantled. “We are committed to the Israeli proposal that President Biden welcomed. Our position has not changed. The second thing, which does not contradict the first, we will not end the war until we eliminate Hamas,” Netanyahu said in a speech to parliament.

IDF issued a statement after its chief took stoke of the situation from the war zone. “We are clearly approaching the point where we can say we have dismantled the Rafah Brigade, that it is defeated not in the sense that there are no more terrorists, but in the sense that it can no longer function as a fighting unit,” said Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi.

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An unprecedented war erupted between Hamas and Israel when the former, in a surprise attack on October 7, 2024, showered as many as 5,000 missiles in the Israeli territory. Moreover, the militants rampaged across Israeli cities and abducted many civilians. Responding to the misadventure, Israel launched a massive counteroffensive in Gaza and turned the Middle East enclave into rubble. As per the Palestinian health department, over 37,000 civilians, the majority of them women and children, have been killed so far.