Israel assassinated the second-in-command of Hamas's military wing last week, as announced today by the White House, after the Israeli state had previously reported targeting him in an airstrike in Gaza without confirming his death. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated that "the third man in Hamas (second in its military wing), Marwan Issa, was killed in an Israeli operation last week," during a briefing about a phone call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to the French News Agency.