Netanyahu praises IDF for strike killing Hamas ‘chief murderer’ and Oct. 7 mastermind

Netanyahu praises IDF for strike killing Hamas ‘chief murderer’ and Oct. 7 mastermind


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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israeli forces had targeted and killed the head of Hamas’s “military wing” Izz al-Din al-Haddad, calling him the “chief murderer” and a key figure behind the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.

“Every terrorist is a marked man; we will pursue and reach them all,” the premier stated along with an IDF image of al-Haddad.

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The leading terrorist was killed in a precision airstrike in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood on Friday, the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) said in a joint statement earlier Saturday.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog quoted Psalm 18:37 in a Saturday X post congratulating Israeli security and intelligence on the operation.

“I will pursue my enemies and overtake them; I will not return until they are destroyed,” Herzog wrote.

Palestinians carrying photos of Hamas commander Izz al-Din al-Haddad at his funeral in Gaza City on May 16,
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