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Senior Hamas Official in Critical Condition after Being Shot

Senior Hamas official Imad al-Alami. (AFP)
Senior Hamas official Imad al-Alami. (AFP)
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Senior Hamas Official in Critical Condition after Being Shot

Senior Hamas official Imad al-Alami. (AFP)
Senior Hamas official Imad al-Alami. (AFP)

Senior Hamas official Imad al-Alami was in critical condition on Tuesday after accidentally shooting himself in the head while he was inspecting his weapon at his Gaza home, said a Palestinian medical source.

Alami has since been transferred to a Gaza hospital for treatment.

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum confirmed his injury, saying that he was in critical condition.

The 62-year-old Alami is a former member of Hamas' policy-making politburo and remains a top official.

Israel exiled Alami from Gaza in 1994. He spent most of his time in Syria before returning in 2012, after Hamas abandoned its longtime base in Damascus.

After the 2014 war between Hamas and Israel, Alami traveled to Turkey for treatment for what Hamas said was an injury during the war. There were no details on how he was injured and lost a leg.

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Israeli Settlers Raid West Bank Town, Troops Kill 3 Palestinians

People gather around the body of a Palestinian who was killed during an Israeli settlers' attack, at a hospital in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 25, 2025. (Reuters)
People gather around the body of a Palestinian who was killed during an Israeli settlers' attack, at a hospital in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 25, 2025. (Reuters)
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Israeli Settlers Raid West Bank Town, Troops Kill 3 Palestinians

People gather around the body of a Palestinian who was killed during an Israeli settlers' attack, at a hospital in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 25, 2025. (Reuters)
People gather around the body of a Palestinian who was killed during an Israeli settlers' attack, at a hospital in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 25, 2025. (Reuters)

Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian West Bank town on Wednesday, sparking a confrontation that ended with Israeli forces killing three Palestinians, the Israeli military and Palestinian authorities said.

Three Palestinians were killed and seven wounded in the violence in Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah, the Palestinian health ministry said.

An Israeli military statement said dozens of Israelis set fire to property, and military and police forces were dispatched to the scene after receiving a report of ensuing violence that included an exchange of stone-throwing.

The military statement said several Palestinians opened fire and hurled rocks at the forces, who returned the fire. Five Israeli suspects were arrested. An Israeli army officer was lightly wounded.

Video footage showed at least two cars had been set ablaze. Reuters could not independently verify the video.

Hussein al-Sheikh, the deputy to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, posted on X: "The government of Israel, with its behavior and decisions, is pushing the region to explode."

"We call on the international community to intervene urgently to protect our Palestinian people," he said.

Earlier on Wednesday a Palestinian boy was shot dead by the Israeli army during a raid on Al-Yamun, a West Bank town west of Jenin, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.