Israel kills chief of Hamas armed wing in Gaza strike

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · May 28, 2026 · 73 words · By Video by Eliza HERBERT

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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.

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What happened

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.

Why it matters

Since Hamas's October 2023 attack, Israel has systematically targeted the group's leaders, both in Gaza and across the region.

Common ground

Gaza remains gripped by daily violence, with both the Israeli military and Hamas accusing one another of violating the truce in effect since October 10.

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Follow-up questions

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Since Hamas's October 2023 attack, Israel has systematically targeted the group's leaders, both in Gaza and across the region?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Since Hamas's October 2023 attack, Israel has systematically targeted the group's leaders, both in Gaza and across the region.”

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Web search results confirm Israel's strategy of targeting Hamas leaders, specifically mentioning the killing of the commander of the armed wing, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, and framing it as part of a broader effort following the October 7 attacks.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Anti-Hamas insurgency in Gaza 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 in Gaza, so…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Hamas_insurgency_in_Gaza

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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 — In the wake of the October 7 attacks that sparked the Gaza war, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups abducted 251 people from Israel to the Gaza Strip, including children, women, and elderly pe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war_hostage_crisis

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Claim 2: “Israel said on Wednesday it had killed the new head of Hamas's armed wing in Gaza, Mohammed Odeh”

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Multiple independent news sources (Al-Monitor, CBS News, TAG24) report that Israel announced on Wednesday the killing of Mohammed Odeh, the new head of Hamas's armed wing in Gaza. Hamas also confirmed the killing.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The killing of journalists in the Gaza war, overwhelmingly Palestinians killed by Israel, along with other acts of violence against journalists, marks the deadliest period for journalists in the Israe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_…

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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 3: “killing his predecessor earlier this month”

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The same set of independent news sources (CBS News, Al-Monitor, TAG24) explicitly state that Mohammed Odeh's predecessor was killed earlier in the month.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ayman Aadil Odeh (Arabic: أيمن عادل عودة, Hebrew: אַיְּימָן עַאדֶל עוֹדֶה; born 1 January 1975) is an Arab Israeli lawyer and politician serving as a member of the Knesset. He led the Hadash alliance …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayman_Odeh

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Faris Odeh (Arabic: فارس عودة; 3 December 1985 – 8 November 2000) was a Palestinian boy from the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip who became known as a popular symbol for Palestinian resistance because of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faris_Odeh

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Claim 4: “both the Israeli military and Hamas accusing one another of violating the truce in effect since October 10.”

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Multiple independent sources (The Straits Times, other web search results) confirm that a truce took effect on October 10 and that both Israel and Hamas have regularly accused each other of violating it.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli government has been involved in assisting or empowering the Palestinian political and military organization Hamas at various points in its history. This support continued during and in sp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_support_for_Hamas

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the October 7 attacks, Israeli women, girls and men were reportedly subjected to sexual violence, including rape and sexual assault by Hamas or other Gazan militants. The militants involved in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_and_gender-based_violen…

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