The Israeli military killed Izz al-Din Kassab, one of the last senior Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip, on Friday, as scores of people were reported dead after strikes in the coastal strip and the UN demanded an immediate halt to fighting. Kassab was a member of the Islamist terrorist organization’s politburo and responsible for relations with other extremist groups in Gaza. The military released an aerial video allegedly showing the missile attack on his vehicle. One of his colleagues was also killed. Hamas confirmed the deaths of the two men. Since the beginning of the Gaza war, which was t…