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Military officials indicate Gaza City airstrike eliminated terror group’s chief; former hostages hail reports of death of the man responsible for their abduction and captivity.Israel said that it had targeted Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip and the head of the terror group’s military wing, in an airstrike in Gaza City on Friday. While there was no immediate confirmation that he was killed, news of the strike prompted a joyous response from several of the hostages he had personally held and many hailed the apparent death of the last of the major architects of the...

Mossad Commentary: @MOSSADil 🚨 CONFIRMED: Hamas chief, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, has been eliminated. Quote Mossad Commentary @MOSSADil· 🇮🇱 BREAKING: The IDF reportedly carried out a targeted strike against a hideout where Hamas chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad, was hiding in Gaza. al-Haddad was one of the architects of the October 7 massacre.

Freed hostage Emily Damari told the "Green Prince," Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of a Hamas leader, that one of Hamas' surviving leaders is willing to be exiled as part of a deal to end the war in Gaza. In their English-language conversation, aired by Israel's Channel 12 News, Damari said she would like to speak with Hamas leader Izz al-Din al-Haddad now, to see what he really wants in exchange for the hostages. "He always said to us, 'The door is always open for negotiations, it can never be closed,'" she shared. At one point during the conversation, Damari recalled:...