Middle East crisis live: Marwan Issa, key Hamas organiser behind 7 October attacks, killed, says US

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Issa had been killed last week in an Israeli operation

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Palestinian health officials have reported that at least 20 people have been killed overnight by Israeli air raids on Rafah and the central Gaza Strip.

Palestinian news agency Wafa reports “in a devastating series of Israeli airstrikes last night, numerous civilians, including children and women, were killed in various areas.”