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Gaza deaths mount: Israeli strikes kill Hamas spokesman, civilians

2025-03-27T06:41:39+00:00

Shafaq News/ Israeli airstrikes killed senior Hamas spokesperson Abdul Latif Al-Qanou and multiple civilians across the Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reported Thursday.

According to the Palestinian Information Center, a strike hit Al-Qanou’s displacement tent in Jabalia Al-Balad, northern Gaza, injuring several others.

Additional strikes killed six people in Gaza City and one in Khan Younis. A separate attack on a house in Gaza City’s as-Saftawi area killed six members of the same family.

Earlier, Hamas confirmed the deaths of political bureau members Ismail [Barhoum](https://shafaq.com/en/World/Gaza-Israel-targets-hospital-5-killed-including-Hamas-figure) and Salah Al-Bardawil. Barhoum was hit while receiving treatment at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis. Al-Bardawil and his wife were killed in a strike on their tent in the Al-Mawasi area.

The Gaza Health Ministry reported 830 deaths and 1,787 injuries since Israel [resumed](https://www.shafaq.com/en/World/Israel-kills-more-than-400-across-Gaza-Hamas-blames-Netanyahu) its offensive on March 18. Total casualties since October 7, 2023, have reached 50,183 killed and 113,828 wounded.

Israeli forces reportedly advanced in northern Gaza, demolishing homes near Umm Al-Nasr and taking control of over half the Salah Al-Din axis in the central part of the enclave.

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