The demolition of the subterranean structure followed the revelation that the IDF had taken control of Hamas’s Gaza City “senior quarter,” the IDF noted.
The source described the negotiations as intensive and said a breakthrough could be possible within days.
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The comments, made only shortly after rockets were fired into Israel during the enacted ceasefire agreement, also praised martyrs as "the price of freedom, liberation and independence."
Haniyeh, head of Hamas’s Political Bureau, is based in Qatar but his Gaza residence often served as a meeting point for Hamas's senior leadership.
The Hamas commander said Haniyeh and other leaders live in splendor abroad while he's sustaining himself on some dates.
Hamas leaders abroad spearhead terror activities against Israelis and other targets in Muslim countries as well as in Muslim communities in the West.
The meeting in Tehran is designed to show that Hamas has the total support of Iran.
Israeli oncologists protest against the world’s largest cancer research organization for showing no sympathy for Israel’s October 7 terror victims and not even mentioning Hamas.
Saleh al-Arouri, deputy to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, is among a group of leaders singled out by Israeli officials who have vowed to destroy Hamas in retaliation for the deadly Oct. 7 attack.