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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 590

Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades

A Palestinian youth walks around a large crater caused by an Israeli strike at a camp for displaced Palestinians in northern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 19, 2025. (AFP)
April 20, 2025, 6:42 pm
Hamas said to recruit 30,000 Gaza youths into its military wing
Saudi report says most recruits lack real training beyond rocket launching, guerilla tactics; at least 25 reported killed in IDF strikes across Strip on Sunday
By Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff
Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, in a video addressing Hamas and world leaders, March 27, 2025. (Screenshot/Twitter used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 27, 2025, 5:16 pm
In hostage-style video, Einav Zangauker asks Hamas for signs of life from all captives
Speaking Hebrew and Arabic, protest leader Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan has been held in Gaza for 538 days, asks captors to keep him safe, urges Trump’s intervention
By Stav Levaton
This undated handout image released by the Hamas Media Office on January 30, 2025, shows the slain Hamas terror leader Mohammed Deif. (Hamas Media Office / AFP)
February 26, 2025, 10:41 pm
ICC cancels warrant for Hamas military leader Deif, weeks after group confirms death
Court says ‘sufficient and reliable information’ that Muhammad Deif was killed last July, will reissue warrant ‘should information become available that Mr. Deif is still alive’
By ToI Staff and AFP
Palestinians walk near a car that was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in West Bank on January 27, 2025. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
January 27, 2025, 6:56 pm
Two Hamas operatives killed in IDF drone strike in West Bank’s Tulkarem
Security forces say one of the dead, Ihab Abu Atiwi, was the local leader of the terror group; PA says three others wounded in strike
By Emanuel Fabian
Members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas terror group's military wing, attend the funeral of two fighters in Gaza City on January 24, 2025. (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP)
January 24, 2025, 11:20 pm
US intel figures show Hamas has recruited up to 15,000 new fighters during Gaza war
Sources acknowledge Palestinian terror group’s success in enlisting new members but say many of the recruits are young and untrained; Israel estimates some 20,000 terrorists killed
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This image grab from a handout video released by the Hamas terror group shows Israeli hostages Emily Damari (L) and Romi Gonen, receiving a package bearing the logo of Hamas's armed wing, as they sit in a Hamas vehicle before being handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip on January 19, 2025. (Screen capture: Hamas/AFP)
January 20, 2025, 11:44 am
Hamas forces parting ‘gift bags’ on freed hostages as mementos of hellish captivity
Paper bags with Hamas’s armed wing logo said to contain pictures of the women from their time held in Gaza, official-looking ‘release papers’
By 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
Slain Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh (R) is seen with bodyguard Wasim Abu Shaaban in an undated photo (Social media)
August 1, 2024, 5:08 pm
Reports: Haniyeh bodyguard was in cell that killed 5 IDF troops in 2014 Nahal Oz raid
Palestinian media says Wasim Abu Shaaban, killed alongside Hamas leader, was part of elite unit before being appointed to protect politburo chief
By Gianluca Pacchiani and Agencies
The head of Hamas's military wing Muhammad Deif (left) and Rafa’a Salameh, the commander of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade, in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
July 13, 2024, 4:10 pm
Muhammad Deif: Oct. 7 architect evaded Israel for decades, survived 7 bids to kill him
Key orchestrator with Yahya Sinwar of massacres nine months ago, his ability to frustrate Israel’s formidable security apparatuses for so long made him a near-mythical figure
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Footage posted to X purporting to show an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, July 13, 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law); Inset: The head of Hamas's military wing Muhammad Deif in an undated photo revealed in January 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 13, 2024, 4:07 pm
IDF strike targets Hamas military chief Muhammad Deif; group claims at least 90 killed
Arch-terrorist’s fate unconfirmed; army says Deif and head of Khan Younis Brigade were in fenced-off Hamas area surrounded by dozens of operatives; no hostages believed in vicinity
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative - An anti-Israel protester carries a portrait of Hamas's leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar, at a rally at Hunter College in New York City, on June 23, 2024. (X screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 23, 2024, 6:19 pm
Anti-Israel protesters in NYC wave Hezbollah, Hamas flags, hold portrait of Sinwar
Protesters at Hunter College chant for violent ‘resistance’ against Israel, trampling American and Israeli flags, ripping off anti-Hamas sticker from traffic light; no arrests
By Michael Horovitz
A shirt with Arabic writing on it found near a body discovered at Sha'ar Henegev, most likely belonging to an Oct. 7 terrorist (Israel Police)
June 13, 2024, 5:01 pm
Police say body found near Gaza most likely an October 7 terrorist
Remains discovered by civilian in Sha’ar Hanegev in advanced stage of decay along with tactical vest and what appears to be shirt bearing Hamas logo
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian man walks amid rubble following an Israeli military operation that rescued four hostages held by Hamas in the Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 8, 2024. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
June 8, 2024, 10:24 pm
Hamas chief Haniyeh warns ‘resistance will continue’ after four hostages rescued
Terror group threatens remaining captives in Gaza following successful op to free hostages that was accompanied by intense fighting; PA’s Abbas denounces ‘bloody massacre’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao leaves the US District Court on November 21, 2023, in Seattle, Washington (David Ryder / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
April 30, 2024, 10:46 am
Binance founder faces sentencing for allowing money laundering, some for Hamas and Iran
Crypto giant’s Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to charges; US prosecutors ask for 3-year term, say no one has disregarded Bank Secrecy Act to violate sanctions at that scale before
By AP
An armed Hamas terrorist walking around the Supernova music festival, near Kibbutz Re'im in the Negev desert in southern Israel on October 7, where terrorists from Gaza massacred hundreds of people. (South First Responders/AFP)
April 12, 2024, 9:40 pm
EU sanctions armed wings of Hamas, Islamic Jihad for sexual violence on Oct. 7
Bloc says abuses by the Palestinian terrorists include ‘rape and subsequent murder of female minors, mutilation of corpses as well as genital mutilation’
By Agencies
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