Gazan killed in October vehicle strike identified as nephew of former Hamas chief of staff

Arafat al-Areer, who received a large funeral in Gaza with continuous gunfire, died from wounds sustained in a vehicle strike in Tel al-Hawa neighborhood on October 22. He is the nephew of Ahmed al-Jaabari, Hamas chief of staff eliminated in Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012. Both accompanied Gilad Shalit on the day of his release.