Israel eliminates head of Hamas' military wing in Gaza strike

The caller caput of Hamas’ subject helping has been taken retired by Israeli forces successful an airstrike. 

Mohammed Odeh, who was "responsible for planning and coordinating Hamas terrorists’ infiltration and onslaught targets during nan October 7 Massacre," was killed in an operation in bluish Gaza, nan Israel Defense Forces announced Wednesday. 

"Odeh served arsenic nan Head of Hamas’ subject helping pursuing nan elimination of Izz al-Din al-Haddad," according to nan IDF, which shared a photograph showing Odeh among different now-deceased Hamas leadership. 

"Odeh was responsible for nan murder, abduction, and wounding of galore Israeli citizens and IDF soldiers," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said successful a associated statement. "We will proceed to prosecute anyone who took portion successful nan October 7 massacre. Sooner aliases later, Israel will scope them all."

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The Israel Defense Forces said Mohammed Odeh, right, was killed successful a caller airstrike successful bluish Gaza. (IDF)

Haddad was eliminated by an Israeli Air Force onslaught successful Gaza City earlier this month, subject officials said.

"The IDF will proceed to prosecute our enemies, onslaught them, and hold accountable everyone who took portion successful nan October 7 Massacre. We will not relent until we scope them each — this is our work to each those who returned and to each our civilians," IDF Chief of nan General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir was quoted arsenic saying pursuing Haddad's death.

The IDF said, "Following nan elimination of his predecessors, Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Sinwar," Haddad had "assumed power of Hamas and worked to rebuild its subject capabilities and infrastructure — a blatant usurpation of nan ceasefire agreement." 

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Emergency teams responded to a residential building successful nan Rimal area of Gaza City pursuing Israeli airstrikes connected May 26, 2026. (Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

"Haddad was 1 of nan longest-serving commanders successful Hamas and played a cardinal domiciled successful its violent rule. He climbed nan ranks and precocious into important positions, past was tasked pinch coordinating and readying nan October 7 Massacre invasion," nan IDF said successful nan announcement of Haddad’s death.

Mourners transportation images of Hamas subject helping commandant Izz al-Din al-Haddad during a ceremonial successful Gaza City connected May 16, 2026. (Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters)

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 "Throughout nan war, he was progressive successful nan holding of galore Israeli hostages successful Hamas captivity," nan IDF added. 

"In each speech I held pinch nan hostages who returned, nan sanction of nan arch-terrorist Izz al-Din al-Haddad… came up again and again," Zamir said.