Unknown gunmen on Friday evening assassinated al-Qassam Brigades commander and ex-detainee Mazen al-Fuqaha in Tel al-Hawa area in southern Gaza City.
The spokesman of the Interior Ministry in Gaza Iyad al-Bezem told the PIC reporter that policemen found the body of Fuqaha with four bullets in his head. An inquiry has been opened into the incident he pointed out.
Mazen Fuqaha from Tubas city in the West Bank is a member of al-Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas Movement. He is an ex-detainee who was released in Wafaa al-Ahrar swap deal in 2011 between Hamas and Israel on condition he would be deported to Gaza.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Fuqaha over his responsibility for the Safad anti-occupation attack which led to the death of nine Israelis. It was carried out in revenge for the Israeli assassination of Hamas leader in Gaza Sheikh Salah Shehadeh.
Political bureau member of Hamas Ezzet Resheq described the assassination on his Twitter account as “cowardly”.
