The Hamas leader killed in last week’s airstrike in Gaza City was planning simultaneous terror attacks in six Israeli cities, according to Israel’s defense minister. Benjamin Ben-Eliezer made the remarks concerning Salah Shehada on Monday to a Knesset committee meeting.
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