Israel claims airstrike targeting a top Hamas leader, kills five civilians instead
GAZA CITY: Israel said on Saturday that it attempted to kill Hamas’s top leader in the Gaza Strip in an airstrike on an apartment that local officials said killed five people, four of them women.
GAZA CITY: Israel conducted an airstrike on an apartment in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, intending to eliminate Ali al-Amoudi, a prominent Hamas leader. Four victims of the attack were women and their children, according to local officials. The Israeli military claimed that al-Amoudi was the right-hand man to slain Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar and was involved in planning the Oct 7 attack.
They stated that they targeted the apartment after learning that al-Amoudi was inside, suggesting Hamas was employing civilians as human shields. Israel said it reviewed the incident to determine if they killed or injured him. The military asserted that they took measures to minimize harm to civilians, including the use of precise munitions, and expressed regret over any harm caused to uninvolved individuals.
This airstrike took place on the anniversary of the deadliest day for Israel, according to the Jewish calendar, when they retaliated with a devastating offensive in Gaza.
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