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.

Israel claimed Friday that it targeted Izz al-Din al-Haddad, identified as the head of Hamas’ military wing, in an airstrike on Gaza City, according to...

Air strike hit an apartment in the Gaza City area of Rimal, killing at least one person, medics say