Hamas drone expert shot dead in Tunisia by assailants using gun silencers

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A senior aviation engineer who headed the unmanned aerial vehicle program of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, has been shot dead outside his home in Tunisia by a group of assailants using gun silencers.

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