Israel Defense Forces said on the 20th it carried out a precision airstrike in
central Gaza that killed Ahmed Samir Mohamed Washa, a member of Hamas’s armed
wing whom the IDF said also worked as an Al Jazeera cameraman. The IDF said two
other Hamas militants were killed and alleged Washa acted as a sniper for
Hamas’s military wing and had planned attacks on Israeli forces, posing a direct
threat. The IDF said Washa’s brother, Mohammed Samir Mohamed Washa, a key member
of Hamas’s rocket and weapons-production unit who also used an Al Jazeera
journalist cover, was killed by Israeli strikes in April.
