India, May 28 -- Israel said on Wednesday that it targeted and killed the new leader of Hamas' military wing during airstrikes in Gaza City, less than two weeks after it killed his predecessor.

Israel's Defence Minister, Israel Katz and the Israeli military said the strikes, which were carried out on Tuesday, killed Mohammed Odeh.

Family members of a man called Mohammed Odeh said he was killed in the strike, but did not confirm he was the leader of the military wing. Hamas has not commented. Katz called him "one of the architects" of the October 7, 2023, attacks that triggered over two years of war in Gaza and said it was the fourth time Israel has killed the head of Hamas' military wing since that massacre. Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the pr...