A U.K.-based aid group said one of its employees, Hosam Mansour, in Gaza was killed on Friday after an Israeli airstrike hit its warehouse. The Israel Defence Forces posted on Telegram saying Mansour was part of Hamas’s military wing.
Three other workers were killed in the attack from other aid groups. All four were transferred to the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of a senior aid worker, engineer Husam Mansour, who was killed in an airstrike on a warehouse where essential food items were being prepared for aid distribution,” Al-Khair Foundation said in a statement sent to The Associated Press.
In a post on Telegram, the IDF said Mansour was an “operative of Hamas’s military wing” and held a role in its internal security forces. It also said Mansour played a role in spreading violent activities throughout the Gaza Strip, …