Gaza medics said Israel killed at least seven Palestinians, including a child, in airstrikes that Israel said targeted Hamas’ armed wing chief, though neither Israel nor the group said whether he had been killed or wounded.
Hamas did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the fate of Izz al-Din al-Haddad, who became the group’s military chief in the Gaza Strip after Israel’s killing of commander Mohammad Sinwar in May 2025.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a joint statement with his defence minister that Haddad was an architect of the October 7, 2023, attacks that precipitated Israel’s two-year assault on the Palestinian territory.
He is the most senior Hamas official targeted with a strike by Israel since an October US-backed deal that was meant to halt fighting in Gaza. The attack comes as Israel and Hamas remain deadlocked in talks to advance US President Donald Trump’s post-war plan for Gaza.
Medics in Gaza said at least seven people, including three women and a child, were killed and at least 50 were injured in airstrikes targeting an apartment and a vehicle. It was not immediately clear if Haddad was one of the dead.
