Israeli military says it killed a senior Hamas leader in Gaza three months ago

Israeli soldiers move next to destroyed buildings following Israeli strikes during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip earlier in September (Leo Correa/AP)

The Israeli military said on Thursday that it killed a senior Hamas leader in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip around three months ago.

It said that a strike on an underground compound in northern Gaza killed Rawhi Mushtaha and two other Hamas commanders, Sameh Siraj and Sameh Oudeh.