'Israel' military says carried out Gaza strike targeting chief of Hamas armed wing
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The 'Israeli' military said on Friday that it carried out a strike in Gaza targeting Ezzedine Al-Haddad, who it described as chief of the armed wing of Palestinian movement Hamas.
"Under the direction of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz, the IDF has carried out a strike in Gaza targeting arch-terrorist Ezzedine Al-Haddad, commander of Hamas's military wing and one of the principal architects of the October 7 massacre," the military said.
Haddad 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.
In a joint statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed Haddad “was responsible for the murder, abduction, and harm inflicted on thousands of Israeli civilians (and) soldiers.”
The statement did not say whether they believed Haddad had been killed.
Medics and witnesses in Gaza said an airstrike had targeted an apartment in the Gaza City area of Rimal, killing at least one person and wounding several others. The identity of the person killed was not immediately clear.
A second 'Israeli' air strike soon after targeted a vehicle on a nearby street, the medics and witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the second strike.
