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Izz al-Din al-Haddad

Mourners gather prior to the burial of Hamas leader Mohammed Odeh and his family members, during their funeral in Gaza City on May 27, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
May 28, 2026, 4:41 pm
Targeted killings haven’t improved Israel’s strategic regional position — experts
While multiple layers of leaders in Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah have been taken out, all three have managed to press on, while broader goals behind assassinations have gone unmet
By SAM METZ and FATMA KHALED
Mourners carry the body of Hamas terror group leader Mohammed Odeh, during his funeral in Gaza City on May 27, 2026. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
May 27, 2026, 7:13 pm
Hamas confirms death of military chief Mohammed Odeh; defiant funeral held in Gaza City
Terror group says Odeh killed alongside wife, children, in Israeli strike the day before; at burial, terror leader’s relative vows ‘struggle of Palestinian people will continue’
By Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff
Hamas Gaza chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad, then the commander of the terror group's Gaza City Brigade, is seen in a video released by Hamas’s military wing in May 2022 (social media)
May 16, 2026, 4:55 pm
IDF confirms Hamas Gaza chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad killed in airstrike
Sources in terror group also confirm death of Haddad, known as ‘the Ghost’ and long sought by Israel; was one of last surviving architects of Oct. 7 onslaught and had in the past ‘surrounded himself with hostages’
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians react to a fire following an Israeli strike on a residential building in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
May 15, 2026, 10:33 pm
Israeli strike targets Hamas military leader Izz al-Din al-Haddad, ‘last architect of Oct. 7’
Security official indicates Gaza City airstrike eliminated terror group’s chief; former hostages hail reports of death of the man responsible for their abduction and captivity
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A video shows Hamas leaders managing a 2022 training exercise for the October 7, 2023, onslaught, aired on February 23, 2026. (Screenshot: Channel 13)
February 24, 2026, 9:03 am
Footage from 2022 shows Hamas commanders overseeing dry run of October 7 attack
Video aired by Channel 13 shows terror group’s military brass, including its current leader, in ‘war room,’ planning assault by land and sea to secure release of security prisoners, saying Israel is ‘confused’
By ToI Staff
Hamas gunmen, wearing captured IDF uniforms and brandishing Israeli weapons, stand in formation in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 15, 2025. (AP Photo/ Abdel Kareem Hana)
February 23, 2026, 10:19 pm
Hamas seen working to maintain control of Gaza via Trump-backed bodies
Documents show terror group moving armed-wing chiefs into civil roles that will let it hold power via technocratic administration, while also girding for fresh round against Israel
By Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg
Screenshot of former hostages Gali (L) and Ziv Berman in an interview with Channel 12, aired January 3, 2026. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
January 4, 2026, 10:01 pm
‘Enough with the misery’: Hostage twins Gali and Ziv Berman want to move on
In first major interview since their release, brothers describe strange beachside meal set up by Hamas’s Gaza leader; now reunited, they still won’t return to Kfar Aza
By Ethan Rubinson
Former hostage Romi Gonen speaks to Channel 12 in the second episode of a two-part interview, broadcast on January 1, 2026. (Screen capture: Channel 12)
January 3, 2026, 3:03 pm
Romi Gonen: Hamas chief offered me early release in exchange for silence on sexual assault
Former Gaza brigade head Izz al-Din al-Haddad showed up at hostage’s release in January 2025, told her he kept up his end of the deal and she should do the same, she says
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu depart at the conclusion of a joint press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
October 1, 2025, 10:40 am
Qatar, Egypt and Turkey said to urge Hamas to accept Trump’s Gaza ceasefire proposal
Qatari PM said to tell terror group in Doha that it won’t get a better deal; conflicting reports emerge on stance of Hamas leaders inside Gaza; BBC says group planning to reject plan
By ToI Staff, Agencies, Luke Tress and Nurit Yohanan
Hamas Gaza chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad, then the commander of the terror group's Gaza City Brigade, is seen in a video released by Hamas’s military wing in May 2022 (social media)
June 12, 2025, 5:06 pm
Hamas’s new Gaza leader: A Hebrew-speaking ‘ghost’ with a $750,000 price on his head
With Israel having eliminated his predecessors the Sinwar brothers, Izz al-Din Haddad now heads terror group in Strip where he is said to carry photos of hostages in his phone
By ToI Staff
Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar gestures on stage after greeting supporters at a rally in Gaza City, May 24, 2021. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)
October 18, 2024, 3:02 pm
Who’s next? Speculation swirls on who will take over Hamas from slain Sinwar
Among reported prominent contenders are terror chief’s younger brother Muhammad and current head of political bureau Mashaal; leadership expected to be taken up abroad
By ToI Staff
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