Mayor of Nuseirat municipality killed by Israeli strike

Iyad al-Maghari, mayor of the Nuseirat municipality in central Gaza, was visiting a water management facility on Thursday when an air strike hit at around 10:30pm local time, killing Maghari, spokesman for the Nuseirat municipality Muhammad al-Salhi told AFP."

We were surprised by a treacherous and cowardly attack on the mayor inside the plant, which led to the martyrdom of the mayor Dr Iyad Al-Maghari and four members of his family," Salhi said.