(MENAFN) Hamas says one of its senior officials has died, three weeks after accidentally shooting himself while cleaning his weapon in Gaza.
Spokesman Hazem Qassem said on Tuesday that Imad al-Alami had been unconscious since the Jan. 9 shooting.
Hamas originally hastily stated that al-Alami died from natural causes but later said he shot himself while examining his weapon at his Gaza City home and was in critical condition.
The 62-year-old al-Alami held several key posts as a member of Hamas' policy-making body and lived in Syria before returning to Gaza in 2012. He stayed a prominent official though not a member of the current politburo.
He traveled to Turkey for treatment, after the 2014 Zionist entity-Hamas war which caused him injury in which he lost a leg. Hamas said he was wounded in the war.
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