Guwahati, May 27 -- By NE NOW NEWS

Guwahati: Israel on Wednesday said it had killed Mohammed Odeh, the newly appointed chief of Hamas's armed wing in Gaza, in an airstrike carried out a day earlier as it intensified operations against the group's top leadership.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announced the development, describing the operation as part of Israel's continuing campaign to eliminate those linked to the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

"In the Prime Minister's name and in my own, congratulations to the IDF and the Shin Bet on the brilliant execution," Katz said in a post on X.

"We committed ourselves to eliminating everyone who led the October 7 massacre, and that is what we will do: they are all marked for death, w...