By Menna AlaaElDin and Muhammad Al Gebaly

CAIRO, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Hamas’ chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya said on Sunday that a targeted assassination by Israel on Saturday of one ‍of the group’s senior commanders threatens the “viability of the truce” in the enclave.

In a televised address, Hayya, who is also exile Gaza Hamas chief, confirmed the killing of the group’s senior commander Raed Saed in an Israeli strike a day earlier.

It was the highest-profile assassination ‌of a senior Hamas figure since a U.S.-backed ‌Gaza ceasefire deal came into effect in October.

“The continued Israeli violations to the ceasefire agreement…and latest assassinations that targeted Saed and others threaten the viability of the agreement,” he said in an address.

“We call on mediators, and especially

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