Ezzedine Al-Haddad, described by Israel as an architect of the Oct 7 attack, and his family were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, Hamas confirmed.
Palestinians attend the funeral of Ezzedine al-Haddad, his daughter and wife in Gaza City, Saturday, May 16, 2026. They were killed in an Israel i strike Friday evening.
- AP JERUSALEM, Israel : Hamas's armed wing chief Ezzedine Al-Haddad, described by Israel as an architect of the Oct 7 attack, has been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, the military and Hamas confirmed on Saturday . Since Hamas's Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel, the Israeli military and intelligence services have waged an extensive campaign targeting the group's senior political leaders and military commanders in Gaza and across the region.
On Friday, the military said it had carried out an airstrike in Gaza targeting Haddad on Friay .
"The IDF and the ISA announce that yesterday, in a precise strike in the area of the City of Gaza, Ezzedine Al-Haddad was eliminated," the military said, referring to itself and the Shin Bet domestic security agency. "Senior commander... Ezzedine Al-Haddad was assassinated in an Israeli strike targeting a residential apartment and a civilian vehicle in Gaza City yesterday," one senior Hamas official said. Haddad was killed along with his wife and a daughter, according to another Hamas source.
AFP photographs showed mourners carrying the body of Haddad, wrapped in a Hamas flag, on a stretcher from the ruins of a building. The military said Haddad was"one of the last senior commanders in Hamas's military wing who directed the planning and execution of the Oct 7 massacre".
"Haddad managed Hamas's hostage captivity system and surrounded himself with hostages in an attempt to prevent his elimination," it said. Israel's military chief Lieutenant Colonel Eyal Zamir called the killing a"significant operational achievement".
"Today, we succeeded in eliminating him. The IDF will continue to pursue our enemies, strike them and hold accountable everyone who took part in the Oct 7 massacre.
" Over the course of the war, Israel has claimed responsibility for the assassinations of several Hamas leaders, including Yahya Sinwar, widely regarded as a mastermind of the attack. It also killed Mohammed Deif, the long-time commander of Hamas's armed wing and another key architect of the attack. Israeli strikes have also targeted Hamas operatives in Lebanon, as well as senior Hezbollah commanders allied with the group, including former Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.
The Hamas armed wing led the Oct 7 attack, which according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures left 1,221 people dead. Israel's retaliatory military campaign in Gaza has killed more than 72,700 people, according to the territory's health ministry, which operates under Hamas authority. Despite an October ceasefire, Gaza remains gripped by daily violence as Israeli strikes continue, with both the military and Hamas accusing one another of violating the truce.
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