Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel is close to finishing a key war aim in Gaza: killing the planners of the October 7 attacks. The comments came after Israel said it had killed…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said an airstrike carried out by the military on Friday evening targeted Izz al-Din al-Haddad.

Israel says it has killed the leader of Hamas’ military wing, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, in a strike in Gaza City.