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Saturday, May 16, 2026
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Saturday, May 16, 2026
Gaza mosques announce death of Hamas’s Gaza leader; terror group still mum
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People walk outside a residential building that was hit by an Israeli strike the previous day in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on May 16, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
CAIRO, Egypt — Mosques in northern Gaza announce that Hamas’s military wing commander and leader in the Strip had died, a day after Israel’s military said that it had targeted the armed wing chief in airstrikes.
Witnesses say that mosques in Gaza City had announced Izz al-Din al-Haddad’s “martyrdom.” There is no immediate comment from Hamas on the fate of the terror group’s military chief.
Israel has not said if he was killed in the airstrikes, but military officials indicated last night that it was successful.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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