May 27, 2026
Israel said on Wednesday it had killed the new head of Hamas’s armed wing in Gaza, Mohammed Odeh, after killing his predecessor earlier this month despite an ongoing ceasefire.
Since Hamas’s October 2023 attack, Israel has systematically targeted the group’s leaders, both in Gaza and across the region.
Odeh is the fourth head of the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades Israel claims to have killed since the start of the Gaza war.
In a joint statement, the Israeli military and the Shin Bet domestic security agency confirmed Odeh’s death on Tuesday, saying he had been appointed head of the brigades after the May 15 killing of Ezzedine al-Haddad.
