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Gaza City hospitals say several killed in strike, as Israel targets Hamas leaders

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 612 words · By Yolande Knell
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Gaza City hospitals say several killed in strike, as Israel targets Hamas leaders At least 10 people, including five children, were killed in an Israeli strike on a building in Gaza City late on Wednesday, according to local hospitals.

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What happened

Gaza City hospitals say several killed in strike, as Israel targets Hamas leaders At least 10 people, including five children, were killed in an Israeli strike on a building in Gaza City late on Wednesday, according to local hospitals.

Why it matters

The target of the attack appeared to have been a local Hamas battalion commander Imad Asleem, who was killed alongside his teenage daughter Israa and buried on Thursday.

Common ground

The Israeli military has released a short statement saying it struck "two central Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip", without disclosing their identities.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz wrote on X that his country had "pledged to eliminated everyone who led the October 7 massacre" in 2023, adding: "We pledged that Hamas will not rule Gaza civilly or militarily."”
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The provided evidence mentions a breaking news item about Defense Minister Israel Katz confirming the elimination of Mohammed Odeh, but the specific quote regarding the pledge to eliminate everyone from October 7 is not explicitly corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided text.
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web search NEUTRAL — On October 7, 2023, the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas (a US-designated foreign terrorist organization, or FTO) led surprise attacks against Israel.
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47754
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... Legal analysis of Israel's operation to kill or capture every individual involved in the October 7th massacre.
https://www.justsecurity.org/140626/israel-nili-hamas-target…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 26, 2026 ... BREAKING: Israel and Hamas officially confirm the elimination of Hamas' military commander in Gaza, Mohammed Odeh. Defense Minister Israel ...
https://www.facebook.com/HillelFuld/posts/breaking-israel-an…
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Claim 2: “One other woman was reportedly killed [in the strike that killed Mohammed Odeh].”
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Web search results mention that Al-Shifa Hospital received the bodies of 'three women and a child' among the dead from the strikes targeting Odeh, supporting the claim that another woman was killed in addition to his wife.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 · Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital received the bodies of three women and a child among at least seven dead from the strikes, according to its director ...
https://www.facebook.com/CBSNewsAtlanta/posts/israel-said-on…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 · An Israeli source confirmed to the Kan public broadcaster that Odeh was killed in the operation, although there was no immediate official ...
https://themedialine.org/headlines/israel-says-hamas-militar…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 · In a statement on Wednesday, Hamas said the Israeli army killed Odeh, his wife and two of his sons in a strike that targeted a residential ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/27/israel-claims-head-…
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Claim 3: “The Israeli military has released a short statement saying it struck "two central Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip", without disclosing their identities.”
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While the general context of strikes is present, the provided evidence for this specific claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Israel and the Gaza war, and a news snippet about Iranian missiles. No specific statement from the Israeli military regarding 'two central Hamas terrorists' in this specific context was found in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Anti-Hamas insurgency in the Gaza Strip is an ongoing insurgency in the Gaza Strip that began in May 2024. It involves clashes between the Hamas-led government and the anti-Hamas militant groups i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Hamas_insurgency_in_the_G…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gaza Strip under Hamas governance began 11 June 2007 when Hamas took over the territory from the rival Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA). The Hamas administration was first led by Ismail Han…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_under_Hamas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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Claim 4: “The Israeli military has also said a strike on a car in Khan Younis on Tuesday killed Ihab Khrizim, the head of a Hamas funds transfer network, and Mohammed al-Habash, a unit commander in Hamas's production headquarters”
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Multiple web search results from May 28, 2026, confirm that the IDF killed Ihab Khrizim (head of a funds transfer network) and mention the strike occurred in Khan Younis on Tuesday.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... IDF kills the man who funded Hamas' war machine → Swipe for the full picture. The IDF killed Ihab Khrizim, head of a central Hamas funds ...
https://www.facebook.com/TheJerusalemPost/posts/idf-kills-th…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... The Tuesday strike in Khan Younis killed Ihab Khrizim, who the military says headed a "central network" for transferring funds to Hamas. The ...
https://x.com/manniefabian/status/2059897573909966948
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... At least five children were reportedly killed in the strike, which appears to have targeted a Hamas commander.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9p40en4ngo
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Claim 5: “On 15 May, Israel killed Odeh's predecessor, Izz al-Din al-Haddad.”
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Five independent cross-references (France24, Daily Maverick, Al Jazeera, Flipboard, and Deutsche Welle) all confirm that Izz al-Din al-Haddad was killed by Israel on May 15.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the group's chief armed commander, who was killed by Israel on May 15
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260526-middle-east…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Odeh... was appointed about a week ago to replace Haddad, the group’s chief armed commander, who was killed by Israel on May 15.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-05-28-palestini…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Israel killed Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the head of Hamas’s armed wing, on Nakba Day – May 15 – in a strike that also killed his wife, daughter and four other civilians in a Gaza City residential building…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/19/palestine-weekly-wr…
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Claim 6: “About 1,200 people were killed in the 2023 Hamas-led attack which triggered the Gaza war and 251 others were taken hostage.”
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Claim 7: “Around 20 people were reportedly injured.”
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A web search result from May 28, 2026, explicitly states that 'More than 20 others were injured' in the attack on Gaza City that killed at least 10 people.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of 3 May 2026, at least 75,811 people (73,770+ Palestinians and 2,039+ Israelis) have been reported killed in the Gaza war according to the Gaza Health Ministry (GHM) and Israeli Ministry of Foreig…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli Air Force conducted numerous concerted aerial bombardment campaigns on the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war until the enactment of a ceasefire in October 2025. Since then, less frequent stri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Gaza_St…
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Claim 8: “At least 10 people, including five children, were killed in an Israeli strike on a building in Gaza City late on Wednesday, according to local hospitals.”
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Two independent cross-references (Daily Maverick and another unknown source) explicitly state that at least 10 people, including five children, were killed in an Israeli strike on a building in Gaza City on Wednesday evening.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, deliberat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza–Israel conflict is a localized part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict beginning in 1948, when about 200,000 of the more than 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza–Israel_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The October 7 attacks were a series of coordinated armed incursions from the blockaded Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel, carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks
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Claim 9: “Israeli forces have killed more than 72,800 people in Gaza, according to its Hamas-run health ministry, whose figures the UN considers reliable.”
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Claim 10: “The Gaza City attack came a day after the newly chosen head of the Hamas military wing, Mohammed Odeh, was killed along with his wife and two sons in an Israeli strike.”
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Multiple web search results from May 27, 2026, confirm that Mohammed Odeh, the head of Hamas's military wing, was killed along with his wife and two sons in an Israeli strike.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau (Arabic: رئيس المكتب السياسي لحركة حماس, romanized: Ra’īs al-Maktab as-Siasi li-Ḥarakat Ḥamās), also known as the chairman of the Hamas Shura Council (Arabic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_Hamas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hamas most wanted cards are decks of playing cards featuring pictures of Hamas members wanted by Israel. The decks were produced by independent volunteers and were handed out to Israel Defense For…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_most_wanted_playing_card…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gaza Strip under Hamas governance began 11 June 2007 when Hamas took over the territory from the rival Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA). The Hamas administration was first led by Ismail Han…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_under_Hamas
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Claim 11: “Another Israeli attack on the same day killed at least five Palestinians in al-Meghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, according to a local hospital.”
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Al Jazeera reports that at least five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone attack on Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 21, 2026 · Residents said an evacuation order was issued by Israel ahead of the strike, but there was no immediate Israeli comment. At least 880 ...
https://www.facebook.com/anewztv/videos/palestinians-at-the-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Al-Maghazi refugee camp was struck several times. Israeli attacks on Al-Maghazi refugee camp. Part of the Gaza war, genocide and anti-Hamas insurgency in Gaza.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_attacks_on_Al-Maghazi_…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 26, 2026 · At least five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone attack on Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza on Tuesday, the civil defence and ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/26/israeli-air-attacks…
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Claim 12: “The target of the attack appeared to have been a local Hamas battalion commander Imad Asleem, who was killed alongside his teenage daughter Israa and buried on Thursday.”
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Web search results from May 29, 2026, specifically identify the target as Hamas battalion commander Imad Asleem and mention his daughter Israa was killed and they were buried on Thursday.
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web search NEUTRAL — The following is a list of alleged and confirmed assassinations reported to have been conducted by the State of Israel. It includes attempts against ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Israeli_assassinations
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 · At least five children were reportedly killed in the strike, which appears to have targeted a Hamas commander.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/gaza-city-hospital…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 · ... appeared to have been a local Hamas battalion commander Imad Asleem, who was killed alongside his teenage daughter Israa and buried on Thursday.
https://www.beehive.news/news/8d3b0115-21ea-443f-b571-3b3bd2…
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