JERUSALEM: Israel mentioned it focused the brand new chief of Hamas’ armed wing in a strike in Gaza on Tuesday (Could 26), simply days after his predecessor was killed in an identical assault within the Palestinian territory.
“Underneath the route of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz, the IDF has simply carried out a strike in Gaza concentrating on Mohammed Odeh – the brand new commander of the navy wing of the Hamas terrorist organisation and one of many architects of the October 7 bloodbath,” a joint assertion issued by Netanyahu and Katz mentioned.
Odeh was appointed as chief of the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades after his predecessor Ezzedine Al-Haddad was killed in a strike in Gaza earlier in Could.
Gaza’s civil defence company, which operates as a rescue service underneath Hamas, mentioned {that a} lady had been killed in an Israeli airstrike within the Rimal neighbourhood in western Gaza Metropolis.
“Odeh served as head of Hamas intelligence through the Oct 7 bloodbath and was appointed roughly one week in the past as successor to Ezzedine Al-Haddad,” the assertion from Netanyahu and Katz mentioned.
“Odeh was accountable for the homicide, abduction, and damage of quite a few Israeli civilians and IDF troopers,” it mentioned.
Within the aftermath of the Oct 7 assault, Netanyahu pledged to focus on and eradicate the masterminds behind the assaults, which, in line with an AFP tally based mostly on official Israeli figures, resulted within the deaths of 1,221 individuals.
Israel’s retaliatory response in Gaza has killed at the least 72,803 individuals, in line with the territory’s well being ministry, which operates underneath Hamas authority.
The United Nations considers these figures to be dependable.
