from Daily Sabah
An Israeli airstrike killed the son of Hamas’ chief negotiator in U.S.-mediated talks on Gaza’s future, a senior Hamas official said Thursday, as the group’s leaders met in Cairo to shore up a fragile truce with Israel.
Azzam al-Hayya, son of Khalil al-Hayya, succumbed to his injuries Thursday after being struck in an Israeli attack Wednesday night, said senior Hamas official Basim Naim. He is the fourth son of Hamas' exiled Gaza chief to have been killed in Israeli attacks.
The Israeli military did not respond to a request for comment.
Al-Hayya, who has seven children, has survived multiple Israeli attempts to kill him. An Israeli strike in Doha last year targeting Hamas leadership killed his son, though al-Hayya survived. Two other sons were killed in past Israeli attempts on his life, in Gaza strikes in 2008 and 2014.
Speaking to Al Jazeera after the attack Wednesday night, before his son's death was announced, Hayya accused Israel of trying to undermine mediators' efforts to push ahead with U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza plan, overseen by his so-called "Board of Peace."...
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