Dozens of Palestinians hold a funeral procession for Mohammad Odeh, the chief of Hamas’ armed wing, in Gaza City on Wednesday, a day after Israel kills him. Multiple outlets report that Israel carries out the killing in a targeted attack on Tuesday night, according to the Israeli military. The reports also say Odeh’s death comes just over a week after his predecessor, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, is killed in an Israeli strike on a Gaza apartment block.
The coverage frames the strikes as part of Israel’s broader efforts to eliminate senior Hamas figures, even as a ceasefire is in place or recently announced. Reuters and the outlets that reprint its account describe the sequence of deaths and the public response, including the carrying of Odeh’s body through Gaza streets.
Across sources, the central points remain the same: Odeh is killed in an Israeli targeted operation on Tuesday night; he is mourned by Palestinians the following day in Gaza City; and the killing follows the reported death of the previous Hamas armed wing leader in an earlier strike.
