June 7, 2024
Israeli airstrike kills Gaza mayor at water pumping station
A spokesman for Nuseirat municipality in central Gaza said on Friday that the town’s mayor, Iyad al-Maghari, was killed in an Israeli strike while visiting a water pumping station. Magari was at the water management plant serving Nuseirat when an airstrike hit it around 10:30 p.m. local time on Thursday, spokesman Mohammed al-Salhi said. AFP at the nearby Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where mourners gathered before the funeral. “We were surprised by a treacherous and cowardly attack on the mayor inside the factory, which led to the martyrdom of the mayor, Dr. Iyad Al-Maghari, and four members of his family,” Salhi


