Israeli jets 'kill Hamas leader'
Siam was killed in an Israeli air raid along with one of his sons and a brother [AFP]
One of Hamas's senior leaders has been killed in an Israeli air raid in Gaza, al-Quds television has reported.
Said Siam, who was the interior minister in Hamas’s government, was killed along with one of his sons and a brother in an air raid in Jabalya refugee camp on Thursday.
"Leader Said Siam, his son [Mohammed] and his brother fell as martyrs in Gaza," al-Quds, a Hamas TV station based in Beirut, reported.
Hamas officials confirmed the three died in an Israeli air attack on a house rented by Siam's brother.
"The blood of Siam will be a curse on the Zionist entity," Mohammed Nazzal, a Hamas official, told Al Jazeera.
Top leader
Siam is considered to be among Hamas's top five leaders in Gaza.
As interior minister in Hamas's government in Gaza, he had been in charge of 13,000 Hamas police and security men, many of whom are actively involved in fighting Israel.
The Israeli military confirmed it carried out the raid.
"In a joint operation of the IDF [Israeli Defence Forces] and the Shin Beth [internal security] a short while ago, jets attacked a building in Gaza while Said Siam was inside with his brother Iyad and a third person," an army spokeswoman said.
"We identified hitting the target
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