Israel’s military has said it killed the head of the Mujahideen Brigades, Asaad Abou Sharia, in Gaza City on Saturday.
Abu Sharia was killed in a joint operation with Israel’s Shin Bet security agency, the army said.
His death and that of his brother Ahmed Abu Sharia were confirmed by the militant group hours after Gaza’s Civil Defense reported that an Israeli airstrike had hit their family home in the Sabra area of Gaza City.
At least 30 Palestinians were killed and scores wounded by airstrikes in Sabra, Palestinian media reported.
More than one missile landed in the area. The target seemed to have been a multi-floor residential building, but the explosion damaged several other houses nearby, according to witnesses and media.
The Mujahideen Brigades took part in the October 7 attacks on Israel alongside Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups, the Israeli army said.
It added that Sharia was among the militant leaders who stormed Kibbutz Nir Oz where many residents were killed or taken hostage during the assault that led to Israel’s war in Gaza.
