Popular Resistance Committee secretary, ex-prisoner killed in Gaza

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GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- An Israeli strike targeting a car in western Gaza killed the head of the Popular Resistance Committees and a former prisoner released by Israel four years ago, medical officials said Friday.

PRC secretary-general Zuhair Qaisi and Mahmoud Hanani, a Nablus native freed from Israeli custody four years earlier, were killed in the blast in Deir al-Hawa, Gaza health official Adham Abu Salmiya said. He initially said Hanani was released in last year's prisoner swap.

Senior Hamas official Ismail Radwan condemned the attack, telling Ma'an that it is "our people's right to defend themselves." He called on Egypt to stop Israeli aggression. more

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