May 27, 2026 / 2:49 AM EDT
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Israel said on Wednesday it had killed the new head of Hamas's armed wing in Gaza, Mohammed Odeh, in a strike the day before, after killing his predecessor in a similar attack earlier this month. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the "commander of the armed wing of the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza was eliminated yesterday and sent to meet his associates in the depths of hell."Hamas hasn't commented yet."In the Prime Minister's name and in my own, congratulations to the IDF and the Shin Bet on the brilliant execution," Katz said."We committed ourselves to eliminating everyone who led the October 7 massacre, and that is what we will do: They are all marked for death, wherever they may be."
Emergency teams arrived at the scene of an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Gaza City on May 26, 2026 that Israel said killed the new head of Hamas's armed wing in Gaza, Mohammed Odeh.
