Hamas Leader Survives Israeli Attack For Leaving Cell Phone

Illustration of the Hamas group. (Wikimedia Commons/Mujahideen Muqadas)

JAKARTA - A high-ranking official Hezbollah said Hamas told the Iran-backed group how a sudden decision regarding the cell phone (cell phone) was taken to save them from an Israeli attack.

The Israeli army attack targeted Hamas negotiators while they were studying a Gaza ceasefire proposal on Tuesday last week.

Hamas said its main negotiators and other senior officials survived, but five people were killed in the attack. A Qatari security officer was also killed at the scene.

"According to the information they (Hamas) conveyed to us, the meeting should have taken place at that location," said Mahmoud Qomati, deputy president of the political council of Hezbollah, in an interview with Lebanese journalist Nada Andraos, as reported by The National September 14.

"But before the meeting started, they agreed to leave their cellphones in place, with the bodyguards, and go to another room for a cell phoneless meeting," he added.

"It appears that Israel's method is targeting the location of the cellphones' whereabouts," Qomati said.

The attack on Doha received a global curse. Qatar said it was investigating the state of the airstrike. Hamas did not specify whether the targeted leaders were injured.

Security sources told The National that Hamas leader Khalil Al Hayya's office was targeted. His son Hammam was among those killed in the attack.

"This is how they attack Lebanon," Qomati said, referring to hundreds of Israeli attacks on Hezbollah members.

He added that a few days ago, an official Hezbollah was attacked.

"He threw his cell phone away and ran away, so the attack hit the location of the cellphone, and he survived," he said.