Israel killed a senior Hamas commander in an airstrike last week, the White House confirmed Monday, Paralel.Az reports citing CNN.

“Israel has made significant progress against Hamas. They have broken a significant number of Hamas battalions. Killed thousands of Hamas fighters, including senior commanders. Hamas’ number three, Marwan Issa, was killed in an Israeli operation last week,” said White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

Sullivan was describing President Joe Biden’s call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier Monday when he said the senior commander was killed. He said Biden stressed the importance of a “coherent and sustainable strategy” to defeat Hamas.

An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said last week that Issa is the deputy of Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas' military division, and was one of the planners of the October 7 attack against Israel.