Abu Obeida posts shortly after Israeli reports about his assassination

Abu Obeida, the military spokesperson for Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades, posted on social media shortly after Israeli rumors claiming he was assassinated in the Israeli bombing of the Gaza European Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Tuesday evening.

Some Israeli reports circulated claiming that Abu Obeida was assassinated in the massive strike. But the Palestinian spokesperson automatically denied the Israeli allegations when he posted, commenting on a West Bank shooting operation that killed an Israeli settler and seriously injured two others near the settlement of Bruchin, in Salfit, close to Nablus.

In his post, Abu Obeida called on the Palestinian people to rise up against the occupation in defense of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in response to the aggression on the West Bank, and in solidarity with the people of Gaza.