Gaza City, Palestinian Territories, May 27, 2026 (AFP) - Hamas armed wing confirms leader killed in Gaza strike

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2026-05-27

Hamas's armed wing confirmed on Wednesday that its chief, Mohammed Odeh, was killed a day earlier in an Israeli strike in Gaza, after Israel had earlier announced his death. In a statement naming him as the "Chief of Staff of the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades", Hamas's armed wing said Odeh died "on Tuesday evening... in a cowardly assassination operation that resulted in the martyrdom of him, his wife and his children". str-acc/smw ...

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