IDF targets top Hamas leader in Gaza airstrike

Ever since, he was under "continuous" surveillance, with the strike being carried out "due to an operational opportunity with a high probability of successful elimination."

Since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, the Israeli military and intelligence services have waged an extensive campaign targeting the group's senior political leaders and militant commanders in Gaza and across the region.

Israel also accused al-Haddad of refusing “to implement the agreement led by US President (Donald) Trump for Hamas to disarm and for the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip.”

Hamas did not immediately respond to the claim that Mr. al-Haddad had been targeted in an attack.