Israeli security official: Initial indications that Hamas leader Haddad was killed in Gaza City strike

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

A senior Israeli security official tells reporters that there are “initial indications” that Hamas leader Izz al-Din al-Haddad was killed in the airstrike in Gaza City a short while ago.

The military has not yet commented on the strike, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said they ordered the IDF to kill Haddad.

In an unsourced report, Channel 12 says that Netanyahu and Katz gave the order to kill Haddad in recent days once it became clear that he posed an obstacle to efforts to coax Hamas to disarm.

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