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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-880221
Israel Killed Top Hamas Official for Rearming instead of Demilitarizing
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said Saturday night they had ordered the targeted killing of number two Hamas official Ra'ad Sa'ad due to his leadership over the group's post-war rearmament activities. IDF sources gave specific examples of soldiers wounded by IEDs planted at Sa'ad's direction in recent weeks. Sa'ad has been part of Hamas since the 1990s, and served time in both Israeli and Palestinian Authority prisons. He was close with Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and with top Hamas military leaders. At one point, Sa'ad was the brigade commander for Gaza City, and he established Hamas's naval commando unit. The only high-ranked Hamas official remaining is its current chief, Az-al-din Al-Hadad.