Palestinian media reported this evening that Azzam al-Hayya, the son of Hamas leader in Gaza Khalil al-Hayya, was killed in an attack in the Gaza Strip.
An Israeli source emphasized in response: "Al-Hayya's son was not a target for assassination, but he may have been in the place where IDF forces attacked in Gaza during the day.".
Another security official said that the son of the Hamas leader in Gaza was defined as an "active terrorist" in the terrorist organization, and his presence in the area where terrorists were eliminated is evidence of this.
It was later reported that the target of the assassination in the attack in Gaza in which Azzam al-Hayya was killed was a Nuhava commander who commanded one of Hamas' raid centers in the Gaza Envelope during the murderous attack of the Seven in October.