Israeli attack on Gaza kills one person, wounds son of Hamas’s al-Hayya

Israeli attack on Gaza kills one person, wounds son of Hamas’s al-HayyaHamas’s Gaza chief says his son, Azzam, was ‘seriously wounded’ in deadly Israeli attack on Gaza City.An Israeli air attack on Gaza City has killed one person and wounded the son of Khalil al-Hayya, the head of Hamas’s political bureau and the group’s top negotiator in indirect talks with Israel.The attack took place in Gaza City’s Daraj neighbourhood on Wednesday and wounded at least nine other Palestinians, according to medics.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Israeli soldier seen desecrating Virgin Mary statue in south Lebanonlist 2 of 4Israeli strikes kill five Palestinians across Gaza in one daylist 3 of 4In rare push, US lawmakers demand transparency on Israel nuclear capabilitylist 4 of 4Israeli strike kills colonel in Gaza police force, say Palestinian medicsend of listTwo other air raids on the same day killed four others, including a senior colonel in Gaza’s police force.Al-Hayya told Al Jazeera his son, Azzam, was “seriously wounded” in the attack.He identified the man who was killed as Hamza al-Sharbasi.“I say to the occupation and to all who hear us, we are a people with a just cause. Neither the killing of our sons nor the martyrdom of our leaders will intimidate us,” al-Hayya said. “Our sons are the sons of the Palestinian people, and my son and the sons of others are all sons of our people without distinction. Our feelings toward them are one and the same.”Al-Hayya had already lost ⁠three sons in previous Israeli attempts on his life – two in Gaza in the 2008 and 2014 rounds of fighting, while the third was killed in an Israeli attempt to kill Hamas leadership in the Qatari capital, Doha, last year.There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.“Targeting Azzam Khalil al-Hayya with shelling represents a peak of moral and ethical degradation,” said Taher al-Nono, a Hamas official and an aide to Hayya, in a Facebook post.“Shelling and killing only make the ‌negotiator more steadfast in his positions, in defending his people’s rights, and in their free will,” he added.