Hamas confirms death of commander in West Bank raid

Hamas confirmed the death of a commander in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.

Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, confirmed Jaafar Dababshe was killed by Israeli forces near Nablus.

Dababshe died in “a cowardly assassination operation he was subjected to in the village of Wadi al-Badhan in Nablus”, the group said in a statement.

“The Qassam Brigades recalls the journey of its martyred leader who had many battles and rounds in confronting the Zionist enemy."