Israel’s assassination of a senior Hamas commander threatens the viability of the Gaza ceasefire, the chief negotiator of Hamas said yesterday, calling on US President Donald Trump to demand Israel comply with the terms of the truce.
Thousands of Hamas supporters rallied in central Gaza City at a funeral for senior commander Raed Saed and three associates killed alongside him on Saturday.
The mourners chanted “Martyrs are dear to God” and carried the bodies in coffins draped in green Hamas flags, in one of the group’s biggest displays of its presence since a US-backed ceasefire deal came into effect in Gaza in October.
The Hamas armed wing said later yesterday it has chosen a replacement for Saed, who it said had been in charge of ‘military manufacturing’.
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