Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida was killed in Saturday’s strike, Defense Minister Israel Katz announces.
Anonymous Israeli officials had expressed optimism that the strike was successful, but Katz is the first official to confirm that Abu Obeida was killed.
Writing on X, Katz says that the longtime spokesman “was sent to meet all the eliminated members of the axis of evil from Iran, Gaza, Lebanon, and Yemen at the bottom of hell.”
“Soon, as the campaign over Gaza intensifies,” Katz continues, “he will meet many more of his partners in crime there — Hamas murderers and rapists.”
Earlier today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had confirmed that Abu Obeidah was targeted by Israel but said that the outcome of the strike was not yet clear.
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