On Saturday, Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz threatened the assassination of a member of the Hamas political bureau, Khalil al -Hayya, and the leader of the Al -Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the movement, Ezzedine El -Haddad.
In a statement issued by his office, Katz said that the mourning in Gaza and Khalil al -Hayya abroad; One of the most prominent targets on the assassination lists, without explaining more details.
Al -Hayya is the vice president of the political bureau of Hamas since August 2024, and he is currently a member of the movement’s leadership council and is currently residing outside the Palestinian territories.
As for Al -Haddad, he is one of the senior leaders in the Al -Qassam Brigades, and he is the commander of the Gaza City Brigade, and a member of the minor military council.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has launched a war of genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders for the International Court of Justice to stop it.