Israeli media said that one of the Hamas leader, who had previously announced his assassination more than a year ago, had appeared during the process of handing over the hostages in the port of Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip. Today Saturday.

The Israeli Army Radio confirmed that the leader of the beach battalion in the Al -Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas, Haitham Al -Hawajari, has participated in the process of release the hostage Keith Siegel.

She explained that, according to Israeli army spokesman, Daniel Hagari, he appeared, "The intelligence information that was relied upon was incorrect, and that the terrorist was not eliminated in this attack.

She continued: “After the attack, there was a high possibility by the Israeli army and the Shin Bet that it was assassinated. It became clear that the intelligence information that the Shin Bet depended on, the military intelligence and the southern leadership were not correct and the sabotage was not assassinated in this attack.” >

The Israeli army had announced in December 2023 that it was killed by Hamas Beach Battalion, Haitham Al -Hawajari, in an attack