Israeli media says attempt to assassinate senior Hamas figure likely failed in Gaza
“Israeli assessments indicated that an attempt to assassinate senior Hamas figure Ali al-Amoudi in an airstrike on Gaza City likely failed, Israeli. Army Radiosaid Saturday evening. "Assessments are leani…”
Army Radiosaid Saturday evening. "Assessments are leaning toward the failure of the attempt to assassinate Ali al-Amoudi, a prominent leader in Hamas' political wing in Gaza, last night,". Israel's.
Channel 12said it was too early to reach a definitive conclusion but Israel was struggling to obtain confirmation that the assassination attempt had succeeded despite the hours that had elapsed. Earlier Saturday, Israeli public broadcasterKANreported that the Israeli army had attempted to kill al-Amoudi in a strike overnight Friday into Saturday.
It described him as Hamas' de facto leader in Gaza and a leading candidate to formally head the movement in the territory in anticipated secret internal elections. Read:Hamas commander killed in Israeli strike. The broadcaster said reports from Gaza indicated thatfive people had been killedbut al-Amoudi's name was absent from the list of fatalities.
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His fate remained unclear. Hamas sources told. Anadoluthat al-Amoudi headed the movement's media department and was a member of its political bureau before the war began on October 8, 2023.
Following the killings of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and his deputy Rawhi Mushtaha in 2024, al-Amoudi became deputy to Khalil al-Hayya, who was then heading the movement in Gaza, the sources said.
After al-Hayya was electedhead of Hamas' political bureauin July 2026, al-Amoudi assumed responsibility for running the movement in Gaza as acting leader pending the election of a successor, they added. Five Palestinians, including four women, two of them Christians, were killed and six others injured early Saturday in an.
Israeli airstrikeon a residential apartment in western Gaza City,. The source identified those killed as Maysa Abu Daoud, 55, her daughter Maria Abu Daoud, 36, Yasmin al-Boubou, 48, Halloum al-Boubou, 23, and Bilal Ali Ouda, 20.
Read More:Israeli whistleblowers detail Gaza civilian toll. The strike came amid continuing Israeliviolations of the ceasefireagreementin effectsince October 10, 2025.
Gaza's Health Ministry said Israeli violations had killed 1,439 Palestinians and injured 5,052 others as of Thursday., Israel haskilled more than 74,000Palestinians and injured over 175,000 in Gaza since October 8, 2023, while around 90% of the territory's infrastructure has been destroyed.
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