Israel said that in his airstrike in the Gaza Strip killed the three sons of Hamas supreme leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Israel said they all belonged to the group's armed wing.
Hazem, Amir and Mohammed Haniyeh were traveling in a car near the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Four of Haniya's grandchildren died along with them, reports The Times of Israel.
Ismail Haniya is originally from Shati, but now lives in exile in Qatar. He learned the news while visiting wounded Palestinians taken to a hospital in Doha.
He confirmed the death of his family in an interview with the Al Jazeera satellite channel, saying that his sons “died martyrs on the way to the liberation of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.”
His sons – some of the most prominent figures killed in Israel's six-month war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The brothers were described by the Israeli military as a cell commander and two military operatives.
Prepared by: Sergei Daga