After the reports in the Arab networks regarding the assassination of the commander of the Central Camps Brigade of the terrorist organization, Marwan Issa, today (Sunday) Amir Bar Shalom Shalom, the GLA military commentator, revealed new details regarding the assassination.
dead? Turning? Buried under the rubble? “Indications in Israel and Gaza are that Marwan Issa was hit”
“Sometimes there is information regarding an abductee, but there is no operational ability to rescue him”
According to the report, the attack was postponed several times to make sure there were no hostages there. Also, in the assassination itself, the Air Force used more than 20 bombs with a cumulative weight of regarding 20 tons, to make sure that Issa did not get out of the assassination attempt alive.
It was also reported that first the tunnels leading to the compound were bombed by bombs penetrating bunkers to cut off the space where Issa was staying and prevent his escape. Only later, when Issa, was the compound itself bombed, first by penetrating bunkers and then by heavy weapons.
As you may recall, Hamas confirmed in closed conversations that the senior official was killed in an air force attack in Nusirat in the center of the Gaza Strip regarding a week ago, and he has since been buried under the rubble of the tunnel he was in, together with the commander of the terrorist organization’s central camp brigade who was killed with him. According to estimates, together with Issa, Razi Abu-Tamea stayed in the headquarters building of the center camp in the military wing of Hamas.
Yahya Sinwar, Muhammad Sinwar, Muhammad Daf, Marwan Issa (Photo: Reuters, Abed Rahim Katib, Arab Networks)
Meanwhile, the British Guardian reported that for 72 hours following the attack, all communication systems between senior Hamas leaders, which are based on encrypted applications and messengers, went silent. According to the report, this also happened in cases of previous assassinations of senior Hamas officials.
Journalist Maariv Ben Caspit reported that shortly following the bombing of the compound where he was staying, there was an attempt by Hamas to arrive with Shoflim and Bagari to try and pressure Issa. And Israel attacked the heavy weapons of Hamas in order to prevent the rescue attempts.