An Israeli airstrike has killed a former Palestinian Authority Minister, Youssef Salama, at his residence in Gaza strip.
This was disclosed by the official Palestinian news agency and Hamas health ministry.
Youssef Salama, aged 68 and a former minister of religious affairs within the Palestinian Authority, succumbed to a strike at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, as confirmed by both Wafa news agency and the ministry.
Known for his affiliation with Fatah, the political party of Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas, Salama held the ministerial post from February 2005 to March 2006.
Additionally, he was a prominent preacher at the Al-Aqsa mosque situated in Jerusalem’s Old City.
No immediate response regarding his death was provided by the Israeli army.
Following the unprecedented attack on southern Israel by Palestinian terrorists on October 7, Israel began an unrelenting military campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
An AFP count based on Israeli data indicates that 1,140 people were killed in the jihadist attack, the most of them civilians.
The health ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza reports that over 21,800 individuals have died as a result of Israel’s continuing offensive in Gaza, the majority of them were women and children.
