Israel launches a pre-dawn airstrike in Gaza that it says is aimed at killing Ali al-Amoudi, described by the Israeli military as Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s “right-hand man.” Local officials report that the strike hits an apartment and kills five people, four of them women.
The timing is linked to the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel, which Israel describes as its deadliest day. After the strike, Israel says it learned the target was inside the building. One outlet additionally frames Israel’s rationale as an effort to show Hamas is using civilians as human shields, while other reporting focuses primarily on the claimed target and the reported civilian casualties.
Across the sources, the core elements align: Israel conducts an airstrike on an apartment building, the reported death toll is five with four women among them, and Israel asserts the operation targeted al-Amoudi over alleged involvement in planning the Oct. 7 attacks.
