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Israel’s PM says close to killing all architects of October 7 attack

South China Morning Post · · 224 words · By Agence France-Presse
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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had almost completed a key goal of the war in Gaza – eliminating all those responsible for orchestrating the October 7 attack.”
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Multiple independent web search results (Straits Times and another news source) confirm that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on a Sunday that Israel was nearing the completion of eliminating those responsible for planning the October 7 attacks.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benzion Netanyahu (né Mileikowsky; March 25, 1910 – April 30, 2012) was a Polish-born Israeli encyclopedist, historian, and medievalist. Born in Warsaw, he served as a professor of history at Cornell …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzion_Netanyahu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sara Netanyahu (Hebrew: שרה נתניהו; née Ben-Artzi [בן ארצי]; born November 1958) is the spouse of the prime minister of Israel by marriage to Benjamin Netanyahu, holding the role for her third time. B…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Netanyahu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yair Netanyahu (Hebrew: יאיר נתניהו; born 26 July 1991) is an Israeli podcaster and political activist. He is the second child of Benjamin Netanyahu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yair_Netanyahu
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“the Israeli military’s announcement that Ezzedine al-Haddad, commander of Hamas’ armed wing, had been killed in an air strike in Gaza on Friday.”
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The killing of Ezzedine al-Haddad in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza is reported by multiple independent sources, including Reuters and AOL, and is mentioned in the context of an official Israeli announcement.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Al-Qassam Brigades, also known as the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (EQB; Arabic: كتائب الشهيد عز الدين القسام, romanized: Katāʾib ash-Shahīd ʿIzz ad-Dīn al-Qassām, lit. 'The Battalions of the Martyr …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qassam_Brigades
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war has sparked protests, demonstrations, and vigils around the world. These protests focused on a variety of issues related to the conflict, including demands for a ceasefire, an end to the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war_protests
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wikipedia 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 individuals who were reportedly (or confirmed to ha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Israeli_assassinations
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“the attacks, which, according to an Agence France-Presse tally based on official Israeli figures, resulted in the deaths of 1,221 people.”
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A web search result explicitly mentions that an AFP tally based on official Israeli data states 1,221 people were killed on the Israeli side during the October 7 attacks.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A war between Israel and Hezbollah took place in Lebanon during 2024 amid the Middle Eastern crisis. The war began in September 2024 following nearly 12 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Middle Eastern crisis is an ongoing series of interrelated wars, conflicts, and heightened instability in the Middle East as a result of the Gaza war and genocide. It has primarily consisted of co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_crisis_(2023–pr…
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“the Israeli military and intelligence services have waged a campaign targeting the group’s senior political leaders and militant commanders in Gaza and across the region.”
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France 24 explicitly reports that the Israeli military and intelligence services have waged a campaign targeting senior political leaders and militant commanders in Gaza and across the region since October 7.
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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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war began on 7 October 2023 when Hamas launched coordinated armed incursions on Israel from the Gaza Strip. However, the Gaza–Israel conflict precedes the 2023 attacks. As of May 14, 2026 ove…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Gaza_war
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“Israel has claimed responsibility for assassinating several Hamas leaders, including the group’s former political chief Ismail Haniyeh.”
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Wikipedia confirms that Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated by an Israeli attack on July 31, 2024. Additionally, multiple web search results confirm that Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz and Foreign Minister Israel Katz publicly admitted responsibility for the killing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ismail Haniyeh (Arabic: إسماعيل هنية, romanized: Ismāʿīl Haniyyah, ; 29 January 1962 – 31 July 2024) was a Palestinian politician who served as third chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from May 20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Haniyeh
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 31 July 2024, Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, was assassinated along with his personal bodyguard in the Iranian capital Tehran by an Israeli attack. Haniyeh was killed in his accommo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ismail_Haniye…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hamas temporary committee (Arabic: لجنة حماس المؤقتة) is a five-person ruling committee that was formed by Hamas following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh on 31 July 2024 to facilitate decisio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_temporary_committee
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