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Israel says it killed the commander of Hamas's military wing, Mohammed Odeh, in a strike in Gaza on Tuesday - days after his predecessor died in a similar attack.

At least three Palestinians were killed and dozens more were injured in Tuesday's major attack, which hit a residential building in one of Gaza City's busiest market areas, local medics and witnesses said.

Israel's military and Shin Bet security service and said buildings that served as a hideout for Odeh were targeted after his movements were tracked for several months. There has been no immediate comment from Hamas

It is the latest deadly Israeli strike on Gaza despite a ceasefire with Hamas that began in October.

The strike hit the upper three floors of the al-Kayali building in the centre of Gaza City, where streets were busy with shoppers ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

A statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet said: "As part of the joint operation by the IDF and Shin Bet to eliminate the terrorist Mohammed Odeh, several buildings in the heart of Gaza City that served as a hideout for him were attacked, after months of intelligence surveillance in order to track his movements and the movements of his assistants in the organisation."

They added that they had also struck "a nearby apartment belonging to a Hamas terrorist who raided on October 7 and was part of Odeh's circle of assistants", referring to the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel that triggered the war in Gaza

Rescue teams rushed to the scene of the strikes but struggled to reach the upper floors because of the scale of the damage and congestion in the area.

Witnesses said at least five missiles struck the building almost simultaneously from different directions.

One resident said he heard the sound of a helicopter hovering overhead before the attack.

Footage from the scene showed ambulances and civil defence crews searching through the damaged building as crowds gathered nearby.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Tuesday that Odeh was "one of the architects of the October 7 massacre".

"Odeh was responsible for the murder, abduction, and wounding of many Israeli citizens and IDF soldiers," the statement continued

His predecessor as commander of the group's armed wing, Izz ad-Din al-Haddad, was killed in another Israeli air strike earlier in May

That attack also targeted a residential building and killed at least three people, according to eyewitnesses and a local source.

Israel has conducted regular strikes across Gaza since a ceasefire began on 10 October.

Hamas has repeatedly accused Israel of breaching the terms of the ceasefire and attacking civilians. The Palestinian territory's Hamas-run health ministry has reported the killing of more than 900 people in Israeli strikes during the ceasefire.

The Israeli government maintains it has licence to target Hamas members and has in turn accused Hamas of breaching the ceasefire agreement by failing to disarm.

The latter phases of a US-led peace plan for Gaza have yet to come into force, with progress stalling since the US and Israel started a war with Iran in February.

The US announced the start of the second phase of the plan in January, with governance of Gaza assumed by a transitional, technocratic administration alongside the demilitarisation and reconstruction of the territory.

However, talks on disarmament remain deadlocked, while Hamas has since reactivated its police force and appears to be reasserting its authority.

In his statement, Netanyahu said Israel would "continue to pursue anyone who took part in the October 7 massacre", adding: "Sooner or later, Israel will reach them all."

About 1,200 people were killed in the Hamas-led attack and 251 others were taken hostage.

buygala:
The problem isn't killing heads of whatever

Remove the issue that causes the unrest

buygala:
The problem isn't killing heads of whatever, as the US has so learnt at great expense in Iran

As long as the underlying issues remain unresolved, there will be millions of young men who will replace such dead leaders...

Funniest thing I read this year was Trump threatening Iran if they make an attempt is made on his life .... When he bombed the Ayatollah and his entire family to oblivion, what was he expecting?

Wickedfacts:
Building hit by 5 missiles coming from different directions.

This is crazy.

Flows001:
And Israel doesn't run out of Bombs to keep sending those replacements to their 72 virgins. The Jews have been fighting relentlessly since 1948, and they are not tired of dealing with jihadists

ThunderFireAgba:
They keep hitting individual targets thinking they wiping out an ideology but the threats keep resurfacing.
I guess if they had the opportunity, they would have preferred to wipe out the whole population of Palestinians, but humanity dares them.
They should ask their Oga(USA) how many years they fought the Taliban?
What happened at last?
They still handed over to the enemy they were fighting after spending trillions of dollars.

buygala:
The problem isn't killing heads of whatever, as the US has learnt at great expense in Iran

As long as the underlying issues remain unresolved, there will be millions of young men who will replace such dead leaders...and those new leaders will very likely be more reckless and deadly than the ones they replaced.

Funniest thing I read this year was Trump threatening Iran if they make an attempt is made on his life .... When he bombed their leader Ayatollah and his entire family to oblivion, was he expecting hugs and kisses from them in return? .

So Putin who hasn't made an attempt on Zelensky's life despite being at war with Ukraine is stupid yeah?

grandiose4ever:
Israel has moved to the era where they kill Hamas, regardless of whether there is war or not.

IsraeliAIRFORCE:
Can you see that Iran has been avoiding Israel since the ceasefire? Iran has hit US and Arab states' interests while avoiding Israel. Do you know why? Assassination fears.

buygala:
The problem isn't killing heads of whatever, as the US has learnt at great expense in Iran

As long as the underlying issues remain unresolved, there will be millions of young men who will replace such dead leaders...and those new leaders will very likely be more reckless and deadly than the ones they replaced.

Funniest thing I read this year was Trump threatening Iran if they make an attempt is made on his life .... When he bombed their leader Ayatollah and his entire family to oblivion, was he expecting hugs and kisses from them in return? .

So Putin who hasn't made an attempt on Zelensky's life despite being at war with Ukraine is stupid yeah?

Gotocourt:
The main issue is Taliban government exporting terrorism and harbouring wanted terrorist again

ThunderFireAgba:
They keep hitting individual targets thinking they wiping out an ideology but the threats keep resurfacing.
I guess if they had the opportunity, they would have preferred to wipe out the whole population of Palestinians, but humanity dares them.
They should ask their Oga(USA) how many years they fought the Taliban?
What happened at last?
They still handed over to the enemy they were fighting after spending trillions of dollars.