Israel carries out attack against a Hamas leader in Gaza
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Israel says it's targeted the head of Hamas's military wing - describing him as an architect of the October 7th attacks. It's not clear if Izz al-Din al-Haddad was killed in the airstrike in Gaza City but there were civilian casualties. Also: the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is to be extended; the alleged murder of an Aboriginal girl highlights Australia's deep inequalities; Bolivia's government strikes a deal with protesting miners; the WHO calls to restrict sales of nicotine pouches to young people; a French art gallery exhibits still-unclaimed works stolen by Nazis; and the hunt is on for the next James Bond.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.8 | I'm Will Chalk and in the early hours of Saturday, the 16th of May, these are our main stories. |
| 0:17.1 | Israel says it's killed one of the Hamas architects behind the October 7th attacks. |
| 0:22.6 | The emergency services in Gaza City say the Israeli strikes killed at least seven people. |
| 0:28.6 | Donald Trump is back in Washington after a two-day summit in China, but what's actually been achieved? |
| 0:34.9 | The Bolivian government says it has reached a deal with protesting minors |
| 0:38.8 | after violent clashes on Thursday. |
| 0:43.8 | Also in this podcast, the hunt for the next James Bond has begun. |
| 0:49.0 | I don't think they have to be British. It could be anyone who could portray those sensibilities. |
| 0:53.8 | Bond is our last |
| 0:55.0 | sort of contemporary worldwide cultural hero. But who will accept the mission? |
| 1:04.4 | There is officially a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. But what practically that means is less clear. Israel says it has |
| 1:13.4 | targeted the leader of Hamas's military wing in Gaza, describing him as an architect behind |
| 1:18.8 | the October 7th attacks on southern Israel nearly three years ago. A government statement didn't |
| 1:24.6 | explicitly claim that Isidin al-Hadad had been killed, but according to |
| 1:29.1 | a senior Israeli security official initial indications suggested he had been. Hamas hasn't commented |
| 1:36.2 | on the fate of the commander, but the Palestinian civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basel said the |
| 1:42.3 | attack in Gaza City had killed civilians. |
| 1:46.8 | The Israeli occupation targeted a building inhabited by citizens, |
| 1:51.0 | a residential building in the Ramal neighborhood, Al-Mutas building, |
| 1:54.5 | with three war missiles that cause partial destruction. |
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