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Hamas official says military chief has died after Israel says it targeted him

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16-05-2026 | 05:55

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Hamas official says military chief has died after Israel says it targeted him

A senior Hamas official told Reuters on Saturday that the chief of the group's military wing had died, a day after Israel said that it had carried out airstrikes targeting him.

Earlier, witnesses in Gaza City said that mosques had announced Izz al-Din al-Haddad's "martyrdom". He is the most senior Hamas official killed by Israel since an October U.S.-backed ceasefire deal ⁠that was meant to halt fighting in Gaza.

Hamas has not publicly confirmed Haddad's death.

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