Haddad, who became the group’s military chief in Gaza after Israel’s killing of Mohammad Sinwar in May 2025, “was responsible for the murder, abduction, and harm inflicted on thousands of Israeli civilians (and) soldiers,” they said.
Israel and Hamas remain deadlocked in indirect talks to advance US President Donald Trump’s post-war plan for Gaza that is meant to end more than two years of fighting.
Medics in Gaza on Friday said that at least seven people, including three women and a child, were killed and at least 50 injured in air strikes targeting an apartment and a vehicle. It is not clear if Haddad was one of the dead.
Israel has escalated its attacks in Gaza in the weeks since halting its joint bombing with the US in Iran, redirecting its fire back on the ruined Palestinian territory where the military says that Hamas fighters are tightening their grip.
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