IDF kills head of Hamas headquarters in West Bank in air strike in Rafah

The press service of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that head of the headquarters of the radical Hamas movement in the West Bank was killed as a result of an air strike in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, Report informs referring to TASS.

"Israeli Air Force aircraft, as a result of a strike based on IDF and Shin Bet intelligence data, killed the terrorist Yasin Rabia, the commander of the Hamas headquarters in Judea and Samaria (Israeli designation for the West Bank - TASS), as well as Khaled Nagar, a senior representative of the Hamas wing in Judea and Samaria," the statement said.

The strike was carried out in the Tal al-Sultan area in northwestern Rafah and was based on accurate intelligence data, the army press service added.