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Abu Obeida

The new spokesman for Hamas's military wing, known like his predecessor by the alias Abu Obeida, gives his first video statement on December 29, 2025. (Screenshot)
December 29, 2025, 6:20 pm
Hamas admits former spokesman killed in August, debuts new ‘Abu Obeida’
Terror group also confirms death of Muhammad Sinwar for the first time, seven months after the commander was killed in an Israeli airstrike under a southern Gaza hospital
By Noam Lehmann and Agencies
Bassem Naim, a senior Hamas politburo member, speaks in an interview with Qatari outlet Al-Araby on September 18, 2025. (Screenshot/YouTube)
September 19, 2025, 11:30 am
Hamas official who survived Doha strike threatens Israel, warns Gaza op endangers hostages
In first appearance since Israel’s failed bombing in Qatar, Bassem Naim warns against offensive, as terror group’s military wing says hostages scattered throughout Gaza City
By ToI Staff
A woman walks past posters depicting Yahya Sinwar (L), the head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and Abu Obeida (R), the masked spokesman of Hamas's Qassam Brigades, plastered on a wall in the Burj al-Barajneh camp for Palestinian refugees in Beirut's southern suburb on February 5, 2024. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
September 10, 2025, 5:09 pm
Recent killing of Hamas’s masked spokesman won’t silence its propaganda war, expert warns
Counterterror researcher says that while Abu Obeida’s death leaves a vacuum, Hamas’s PR machine — spanning Iran, regional proxies, and Western campuses — remains potent; several of those targeted by Israel in Qatar have played a direct role
By Stav Levaton
Mourners react as a trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine drives through the crowd at the beginning of a funeral procession in the Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon, February 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
September 10, 2025, 10:32 am
Who were the terror leaders killed by Israel since Oct. 7, prior to the Doha strike?
From Hamas mastermind Yahya Sinwar to Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, Israel wiped out the top ranks of Iranian proxies across Mideast, plus generals from the Islamic Republic itself
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Abu Obeida (R), spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas, the Izz-ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, delivers a statement in Gaza City late on July 8, 2015. (Mohammed ABED / AFP)
August 31, 2025, 5:33 pm
‘The face of Hamas’: Israel confirms terror group’s spokesman Abu Obeida killed
IDF says slain propaganda chief also incited terror in Arab world; Israeli cabinet meets in secure location amid fear of retaliation for Gaza airstrike, attack that killed Houthi PM
By Lazar Berman
Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida exposed as Hudayfa Samir Abdallah al-Kahlout, in footage released by the IDF in October 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 31, 2025, 3:19 am
Infamous Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida said targeted and likely killed in IDF strike on Gaza
Army says it targeted a senior Hamas member in Gaza City bombing, with reports identifying him as longtime masked face of terror group’s military wing; Israeli officials said optimistic
By ToI Staff
People walk past a puddle of water by a tent shelter erected near the rubble of a collapsed building in the Nasr neighborhood in western Gaza City on April 15, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
April 15, 2025, 10:59 pm
Hamas said to reject Israeli proposal that it disarm as part of 6-week ceasefire
BBC says offer requires terror group lay down arms, includes no Israeli commitment to end war; Hamas claims it ‘lost contact’ with hostage Edan Alexander’s handlers after IDF strike
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman
Images of those held captive in Gaza are displayed at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, on March 31, 2025. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
April 5, 2025, 12:50 am
Hamas says it won’t move hostages to safety, Israel responsible for their lives
IDF chief meets with worried families, assures them fighting will bring home captives; Jon Polin in message to PM: Enough with the paranoid TikTok videos, bring back the hostages
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida in a video address after the release of three Israeli hostages, January 19, 2025. (X)
February 10, 2025, 10:41 pm
Hamas says it’s delaying next hostage release, alleging Israeli truce violations
Defense minister calls open-ended delay an ‘outright violation’ of deal, orders IDF on highest alert as PM moves up security cabinet meeting to Tuesday morning; mediators said concerned
By Charlie Summers, Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
The head of Hamas's military wing Muhammad Deif in an undated photo. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 30, 2025, 10:41 pm
Six months later, Hamas officially admits Muhammad Deif killed by Israel
Terror group also confirms deaths of other commanders in war; ICC expected to cancel arrest warrant it issued for Deif in November
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Members of Hamas's armed wing take part in a military parade along a street in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on January 19, 2025 (BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
January 19, 2025, 9:38 pm
As it seeks to project enduring strength, Hamas says will abide by truce if Israel does
Spokesman’s video statement shortly after the release of three Israeli hostages comes as Hamas men parade in streets throughout Sunday
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
People check the rubble of buildings hit in Israeli strikes the previous night in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on January 16, 2025, following an imminent truce announcement amid the war between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
January 16, 2025, 8:58 pm
Israeli airstrikes pound Gaza, killing Oct. 7 terrorist as sides finalize deal
Hamas member who participated in Nova festival massacre killed in overnight airstrike, IDF says, amid dozens of attacks across enclave that terror group claims endangered a hostage
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Khaled Mashaal speaks in Doha, Qatar, August 28, 2014. (AP/Osama Faisal/File)
October 8, 2024, 6:37 am
Mashaal claims Hamas will rise ‘like a phoenix’ despite Gaza battlefield losses
Senior terror leader warns of ‘ticking time bomb’ in Mideast ‘as long as the occupation exists’; Hamas military spox hails ‘successful’ Oct. 7 attack, ‘humiliating defeat’ of IDF
By Agencies and Gianluca Pacchiani
Abu Obeida, spokesman of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian terror group Hamas, speaks during a memorial in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on January 31, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
September 3, 2024, 12:38 am
Hamas hints six slain hostages extracted by IDF were murdered because troops were near
Spokesman for terror group’s military wing says special instructions were given to guards following successful rescue of four other hostages in June; blames Israel for their deaths
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Two posters disseminated by Hamas in August 2024 following a failed suicide attack in Tel Aviv, vowing to blow up Israeli buses. (Via Telegram, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 26, 2024, 4:02 pm
Terrorize Israelis while eliciting sympathy abroad: Inside Hamas’s propaganda strategy
In accordance with its founding charter, Hamas uses a sophisticated media presence and uniform narrative to rally its base — and turn the world against Israel
By Gianluca Pacchiani
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