[IsraelTimes] A member of Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,’s military wing was reportedly killed Sunday in a tunnel collapse near Deir al-Balah in the central Gazoo Strip.Reports in Paleostinian media identified the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades member as Thaer Nayef al-Zaraie.
It was not immediately clear if the tunnel was an attack tunnel crossing the border into Israel or part of the warren of defensive fortifications Hamas has built across the Strip.
Several members of the Hamas terrorist group have been killed or injured in accidental blasts and tunnel collapses in recent years. In 2017, Hamas said 22 members of its armed wing were killed in tunnel-related accidents.