Israel’s military on Saturday said it had killed the chief of Hamas’ military wing in an air strike on Gaza the previous day, the most senior Hamas official killed by Israel since an October U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement that was meant to halt fighting, Reuters reported.
Reuters reported, citing a senior Hamas official who spoke on condition of anonymity, that Izz al-Din al-Haddad, born in 1970, was killed in the attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement that Haddad had been “responsible for the murder, kidnapping and injury of thousands of Israeli civilians and IDF [Israel Defense Forces] soldiers”.
Israel described him as “one of the architects of the October 7 massacre”.
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