The Israeli army said the bodyguard of slain Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar was killed by its forces in southern Gaza on Friday, close to where the militant leader died two days earlier.
"Today (Friday), Mahmoud Hamdan was eliminated by the IDF (military) during an encounter with IDF troops, approximately 200 meters (yards) from the spot where Sinwar was eliminated," the army said in a statement.
It said that Hamdan was responsible for guarding Sinwar and was also the commander of Hamas's Tal al-Sultan Battalion.