The “commander of the armed wing of the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza was eliminated yesterday,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz wrote in a message on the social network X.
Israel declared on Wednesday that it had killed the presumed new leader of the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, targeted the day before by a strike in Gaza, despite the ceasefire supposed to be in force since October. THE “commander of the armed wing of the terrorist organization Hamas in Gaza was eliminated yesterday”wrote Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz in a message on the social network X.
In a joint statement, the Israeli army and the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, confirmed that Mohammed Odeh, who “held the position of head of Hamas’ military wing after the elimination of Ezzedine al-Haddad” (May 15 in an Israeli strike), was killed during a “Strikes in the north of the Gaza Strip”.
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Mohammed Odeh long headed the intelligence services of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. His appointment as head of the Brigades to succeed al-Haddad was never announced or confirmed by the Palestinian Islamist movement. Asked by AFP, Hamas did not react to the Israeli announcement at the start of the morning.
“Everything will be done at the right time and in the right way”
“We are committed to eliminating all those who directed the October 7 massacre, and that is what we will do.”declared Israel Katz, referring to the October 7, 2023 attack launched by Hamas on Israel and having triggered the current war. The minister added that Israel was determined to end Hamas’ rule in the Gaza Strip.
“The voluntary migration plan from Gaza will also be implemented, everything will be done at the right time and in the right way”also said Israel Katz, alluding to a project of forced emigration of residents of the Gaza Strip to third countries carried by far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich and partially taken up by President Donald Trump before being abandoned.
In February, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk denounced “Israeli actions that appear aimed at bringing about permanent demographic change in Gaza”. The attack of October 7, 2023 left 1,221 dead on the Israeli side, the majority of them civilians, according to an AFP count established from official Israeli data. More than 72,800 Palestinians were killed in the military campaign of retaliation led by Israel, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, placed under the authority of Hamas and whose figures are considered reliable by the UN.
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