Israel says it's killed Hamas's latest military leader in Gaza strike
Newshour
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🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
The commander of Hamas's military wing, Mohammed Odeh, has been killed in a strike in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday - days after his predecessor died in a similar attack.
Dozens more were injured in the attack, which hit a residential building in one of Gaza City's busiest market areas, local medics and witnesses said.
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(Photo shows people carring bodies identified by mourners as Hamas' military wing commander Mohammad Odeh and his wife and children during a funeral in Gaza City on 27 May 2026. Credit: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:09.2 | Hello there, welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.9 | We're coming to you live from London. |
| 0:14.5 | In the Chedstay, it's me, Sean Lay. |
| 0:16.7 | And we begin this hour in Gaza, where Israel says it's killed. |
| 0:20.9 | Mohammed Oda, the latest head of the military wing of Hamas. |
| 0:24.8 | In making the announcement, the Defence Minister Israel Katz also said a voluntary emigration plan for Gazans would be implemented. |
| 0:33.0 | Let's join the BBC's Emma Nader, now who is in Jerusalem. |
| 0:36.9 | Emma, tell us first about the dead man. |
| 0:38.8 | He might not have been in charge of the military wing for long, |
| 0:41.7 | but he had quite a long history in Hamas, didn't he, at a senior level? |
| 0:46.3 | That's right. |
| 0:47.3 | I mean, Israel has said he was the intelligence chief of Hamas |
| 0:50.4 | at the time of the October 7th attacks, |
| 0:53.4 | and according to them, after they had killed the de facto leader of Hamas just the time of the October the 7th attacks. And according to them, after they had killed |
| 0:55.7 | the de facto leader of Hamas just under two weeks ago, as a dean al-Hadad, that Muhammad |
| 1:01.3 | Aouda had been appointed by Hamas as his successor. So he was essentially the de facto |
| 1:06.9 | leader of Hamas until last night. We have heard from eyewitnesses who were there in Gaza City |
| 1:14.2 | saying multiple airstrikes hit an apartment block there. The streets were packed because obviously |
| 1:20.9 | people were seeing in the beginning of their Eid celebration. The reports that we have are that at least three people were killed and his |
| 1:29.9 | family have confirmed that Mohammed Aouda, his wife and one of his sons were killed in the |
| 1:36.0 | strike. Today we've been seeing some of the images of the bodies being carried through the |
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