A senior Hamas official told Reuters that Izz al-Din al-Haddad, head of the group’s military wing, has died after Israeli airstrikes, a day after Israel said it targeted him. In Gaza City, witnesses reported that mosques announced his “martyrdom,” though Hamas has not officially confirmed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz previously described Haddad as an architect of the October 7, 2023 attacks. The claim adds to tensions despite ongoing deadlocked indirect talks tied to a post-war plan for Gaza.
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