The Israeli army and the Shin Bet, domestic intelligence, announced on Saturday May 16 the death of the head of the armed wing of Hamas, Ezzedine Al-Haddad, killed during strikes on the Gaza Strip the day before. The information was immediately confirmed by the Palestinian Islamist movement. THE Washington Post describes Al-Haddad as a personality “relatively little known before the start of the war in Gazaâ€. The press release from the Israel Defense Forces announcing his elimination nevertheless presents him as “the last Hamas leader involved in planning the October 7 terrorist attacks still alive in Gazaâ€.
According to witnesses interviewed by the BBC, The strikes successively targeted the Al-Mu’taz residential building, located in the Al-Ramal neighborhood in Gaza City, then a civilian vehicle about a kilometer away. In total, at least seven people died and 45 others were injured, several of whom were in serious condition.
The testimonies collected by the correspondent ofAl-Jazeera in the Palestinian enclave, Ibrahim Al Khalili, suggest that at least four missiles were fired. The journalist adds that this area west of Gaza City is today “overpopulation†– the population finding refuge there “to escape countless Israeli military operations [dans l'est de la ville]â€.
“Even though peace plan [du président américain Donald] Trumpfighting continues in the enclave…notes the site of the Qatari channel. “Since the entry into force of the ‘ceasefire’ [le 10 octobre 2025]nearly 850 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks, according to the Gaza health ministry. […] Many residents thought the ceasefire would lead to some form of appeasement, but it brings nothing but tragedy.â€
Target of several assassination attempts
According to images relayed by AFP, the funeral of Ezzedine Al-Haddad took place Saturday morning in Gaza. We see his coffin, wrapped in a Hamas flag, surrounded by a crowd.
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