Naji Abu Saif, also known as Abu Hamza, the spokesman for the Al-Quds Brigades, the military arm of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, has been killed in a fresh wave of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

The strikes also killed his wife and several family members in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

The movement condemned the “treacherous and spiteful assassination,” accusing the “Nazi-Zionist criminal entity” of carrying out the attack with the support, encouragement, and funding of the US administration, while the world remained in “cowardly silence.”

“The martyred spokesperson was known as a voice of the resistance, fearing no reproach in his devotion to Allah, eloquent in his speech, and courageous in his heroic positions in defense of the resistance and the rights of our people, never wavering in his stance,” the movement said in a statement.

It added that the attack “will only strengthen our determination to continue defending our people and their rights until the goals of this aggression are completely thwarted.”

Israel launched its heaviest attacks since the start of the ceasefire overnight, with Gaza’s health ministry reporting over 400 fatalities.

Among those killed were several Gazan officials and resistance commanders.

The Nasser Salaheddine Brigades confirmed the death of Mohammad Mahmoud Al-Batran, the commander of the artillery unit and a member of the military council in the central brigade, during the strikes.

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