{"id":232,"date":"2026-05-27T09:07:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=232"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:07:46","slug":"israel-says-it-killed-new-hamas-military-leader-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"Israel says it killed new Hamas military leader in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) \u2014 Israel said Wednesday that it targeted and killed the new leader of Hamas\u2019 military wing during <span>airstrikes in Gaza City<\/span> less than two weeks after it killed his predecessor.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=230\">Chief of communications intel agency says Russia is relentlessly targeting UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Defense Minister Israel Katz and the Israeli military said the strikes, which were carried out on Tuesday, killed Mohammed Odeh. <\/p>\n<p>Family members of a man called Mohammed Odeh said he was killed in the strike, but did not confirm he was the leader of the military wing. Hamas has not commented.<\/p>\n<p>Katz called him \u201cone of the architects\u201d of the <span>Oct. 7, 2023, attacks<\/span> that triggered over two years of war in Gaza and said it was the fourth time Israel has killed the head of Hamas\u2019 military wing since that massacre. <span>Izz al-Din al-Haddad<\/span>, the previous head, was killed on May 16.<\/p>\n<p>At least three people were killed and 12 injured in Tuesday\u2019s strike, which took place on the eve of <span>Eid al-Adha<\/span>, a major Muslim holiday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe pledged to eliminate everyone who led the October 7 massacre and this is what we will do: they are all bound to die, everywhere,\u201d Katz wrote on X on Wednesday. \u201cWe pledged that Hamas will not hold civilian or military rule.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is preparing for elections in the fall, also threatened that Israel will target everyone involved in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. <\/p>\n<h2>A grim Eid in Gaza<\/h2>\n<p>The attack came as Muslims prepared for <span>Eid al-Adha,<\/span> normally a joyous time of family gatherings and large meals. <\/p>\n<p>The holiday once again is subdued this year in Gaza, where the vast majority of people remain displaced and live in tents or temporary shelters after a devastating war. Around 90% of Gaza\u2019s more than 2 million people have lost their homes, according to U.N. estimates, with most of them now sheltering in huge tent camps with rat infestations and pools of sewage. They are dependent on aid to survive.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=228\">For one Ukrainian war amputee, rebuilding is painful after a Russian strike killed her husband<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<!-- AP \"Read More\" embed (place mid-article) --><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Eid al-Adha, or \u201cFeast of Sacrifice,\u201d is an Islamic holiday celebrated by millions of Muslims across the globe. The four-day holiday, which begins during <span>the Hajj pilgrimage<\/span>, is also known for being a joyous occasion during which families gather, and children are given new clothes and gifts.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is not Eid &#8230; we\u2019re dead,\u201d said Mahmoud Saqer, a displaced man from Khan Younis, who described people as being distressed by the ongoing human suffering and killings in the territory.<\/p>\n<p>In Khan Younis and Gaza City, amid destroyed buildings, including a ruined mosque, people gathered for Eid prayers with few signs of celebration beyond a few clusters of balloons lining one street. Tahrir al-Khatib said the joy that accompanies Eid has been silenced in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no Eid. My children were killed. Eid is only for the people who lost no one,\u201d said Ayda Al-Banna, a displaced women from Gaza City, who prayed Eid prayers with her granddaughter.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Fragile ceasefire holds in Gaza<\/h2>\n<p>A ceasefire <span>reached between Israel and Hamas<\/span> last October remains fragile. Israeli attacks have killed more than 880 Palestinians since the ceasefire took effect. Israel says its attacks are in response to violations by Hamas or threats to its soldiers, but Palestinian health officials says scores of civilians have been among the dead. Four Israeli soldiers have also been killed during this period in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Israel launched its offensive in Gaza in response to the Hamas attacks in October 2023, which killed some 1,200 people and took 251 others hostage.<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says over 72,700 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire. The ministry, part of Gaza\u2019s Hamas government, does not give a breakdown of civilian and militant deaths. ___ Associated Press writer Fatma Khaled contributed from Cairo. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=226\">In Congo displacement camp, fighting Ebola with sand, oatmeal and one thermometer but no water<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel says it has killed the new leader of Hamas&#8217; military wing, Mohammed Odeh, in airstrikes on Gaza City. This comes less than two weeks after his predecessor was killed. Defense Minister Israel Katz called Odeh \u201cone of the architects\u201d of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks that led to over two years of war in Gaza. The strike, which killed at least three people and injured 12, happened on the eve of Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim holiday. The holiday this year is subdued in Gaza, where many remain displaced after the war. 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