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Seven killed in Gaza as Israel says it targets Hamas leader

By Reuters
May 16, 2026
A fire burns in a residential apartment after Israeli shelling, according to the Ministry of Health, in Gaza City May 15, 2026. — Reuters
A fire burns in a residential apartment after Israeli shelling, according to the Ministry of Health, in Gaza City May 15, 2026. — Reuters

GAZA/JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Gaza medics said Israel killed at least seven Palestinians, including a child, in airstrikes on Friday that Israel said targeted Hamas’ armed wing chief, though neither Israel nor the militants said whether he had been killed or wounded.

Hamas did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the fate of Izz al-Din al-Haddad, who became the militant group’s military chief in the Gaza Strip after Israel’s killing of commander Mohammad Sinwar in May 2025.