Israeli military says killed senior Hamas member in Gaza

29/6/2025 7:21

The Israeli military said on Saturday its forces had killed a senior Hamas commander in an airstrike in Gaza City, identifying him as a key figure in the group's military buildup and in the planning of the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel.



In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said the strike, carried out on Friday evening in the Sabra neighborhood, killed Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa. The operation was conducted in coordination with the Shin Bet domestic security agency.



The military described Al-Issa as a founding member of Hamas' military wing and said he played a "significant role in the planning and execution" of the Hamas assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, in which militants killed at least 1,200 people in Israel and took more than 200 hostages back to Gaza.