The American national security adviser announced this Monday, March 18, the death of Marwan Issa, number 3 of the Islamist movement, after an Israeli strike last week.
The United States confirmed, this Monday, March 18, the death of Marwan Issa, Hamas’ third military leader, during an Israeli operation at the beginning of last week. “Hamas number 3, Marwan Issa, was killed during an Israeli operation last week,” said US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan during a press briefing regarding the telephone conversation that took place earlier between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli army reported an airstrike a few days ago “in the center of the Gaza Strip, near Nuseirat”, against one “underground base”, was “used by two senior leaders of the organization [dont] Marwan Issa»without however confirming the man’s death.
Marwan Issa, born in 1965, was the deputy of Mohammed Deif, the leader of the al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. “The other senior leaders are hiding, probably deep within Hamas’ network of tunnels, and justice will fall on them too,” warned Jack Sullivan. And to add that“Israel has made significant progress against Hamas,” especially by killing “thousands of fighters, including high-ranking commanders.”
He is not the first Hamas leader to be killed by Israel. On January 2, the number two in the Hamas political bureau, Saleh el-Arouri, died during an attack by a “Israeli drone targeting a Hamas office” in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, according to the country’s media. Shortly after, the Islamist movement’s television announced “murder”, by Israel, by Saleh el-Arouri.
The number 1 of the Islamist movement since 2017, Yahya Sinwar, would have been cornered by the Israeli defense forces “in his bunker”. Which would not prevent him, from the tunnels that wind under Gaza, from always being the one who calls the shots in the negotiations around the hostages between Hamas and Israel. Since the bloody attack by the Islamist movement on October 7, Israel has promised to“wipe out Hamas”.
Update : at 9:55 p.m. with more information on Marwan Issa.