Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz and the Israeli military said the strikes, which were carried out on Tuesday, killed Mohammed Odeh.
Family members of a man called Mohammed Odeh said he was killed in the strike, but did not confirm he was the leader of the military wing. Hamas has not commented.
Katz called him “one of the architects” of the October 2023 massacre of more than 1200 Israeli men, woman and children that triggered over two years of war in Gaza and said it was the fourth time Israel has killed the head of Hamas’ military wing since that attack.The previous head, was killed on May 16.
“We pledged to eliminate everyone who led the October 7 massacre and this is what we will do: they are all bound to die, everywhere,” Katz wrote on X on Wednesday. “We pledged that Hamas will not hold civilian or military rule.”
