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Gaza mosques announce death of Hamas military leader after Israeli targeting claim

By Reuters Reuters

Updated May 16, 2026 2:29 AM

Palestinians walk at the site of an Israeli airstrike on a residential building on Friday, in Gaza City, May 16, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas Dawoud Abu Alkas Reuters

CAIRO - Mosques in northern Gaza on Saturday announced that Hamas' military wing commander had died, a day after Israel's military said that it had targeted the armed wing chief in airstrikes.

Witnesses said that mosques in Gaza City had announced Izz al-Din al-Haddad's "martyrdom". There was no immediate comment from Hamas on the fate of the militant group's military chief.

Israel has not said if he was killed in the air strikes.

(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi, Writing by Alexander Cornwell,Editing by Louise Heavens)

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This story was originally published May 16, 2026 at 2:06 AM.

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