Israel has already killed the political chief of the terrorist group, Ismail Haniyeh; the leader of his armed arm, Mohamed Deif; and the alleged coordinator of the October 2023 attack, Yahya Sinwar
The Prime Minister of, said on Sunday that Israel launched an attack on Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Ezedin al Qasam brigades, armed arm of the terrorist group Hamas. “We attack the spokesman for Hamas, the spokesman for this criminal and murderer organization, Abu obeid. I hope he is no longer among us, but I see that there is no one on the side of Hamas who can clarify this,” Netanyahu said at a government meeting.
Obeida appeared for many years in the video messages of the Palestinian Islamist group, dressed in combat uniform and with a face covered by a traditional Red Palestinian Keffiyeh. Hamas’ leadership was decimated by Israel during the nearly 23 months of war in Gaza and the Hebrew state promised to annihilate the remaining leaders after the attack on Israeli territory on October 7, 2023.
Israel has already killed Hamas’s political chief, Ismail Haniyeh; the leader of his armed arm, Mohamed Deif; and Hamas leader and alleged October 2023 attack coordinator, Yahya Sinwar, as well as other political commanders and figures.
This Sunday, just before Netanyahu’s announcement, Hamas confirmed the death of the supposed group leader in Gaza, Mohamed Sinwar, brother of Yahya Sinwar. Israel announced more than three months ago that killed him in a bombing. The Israeli offensive considerably weakened the Islamist movement.
Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 killed 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to a count of AFP based on official data. Of the 251 people kidnapped that day by Hamas, 47 remain in captivity in Gaza, of which 20 are alive and 27 would have died, according to the Israeli army.
In Gaza, the Israeli reprisals killed more than 63,400 people, mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health of Palestinian territory -governed by Hamas -considered reliable by.
*With information from AFP
Posted by Nicolas Robert
