A spokesperson for the terrorist group Hamas' armed wing was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza over the weekend, Israel's defense minister claims.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier said Israel had targeted Abu Obeida, the longtime spokesperson for Hamas' Qassam Brigades but did not know whether he had been killed.

"I hope he is no longer with us, but I notice that there is no one on the Hamas side to clarify this matter," Netanyahu told ministers at a weekly cabinet meeting.

The armed branch of Hamas, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades spokesman, Abu Obeida, in January 2017. Ali Jadallah / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images

Later, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Obeida had been killed, saying in a post on social media that Obeida was "sent to meet all the thw

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