Hamas on Wednesday confirmed the death of Mohammed Odeh, the newly appointed head of the terror group’s military wing, who Israel killed in a strike in Gaza City the day before.

According to the terror group, Odeh’s wife and two of his children were also killed in the Israel Defense Forces’ strike in Gaza City on Tuesday. A funeral for the Hamas leader and his family was held Wednesday.

Odeh had assumed the top role in Gaza just 11 days before he was killed, after Israel assassinated his predecessor Izz al-Din al-Haddad earlier this month. The terror group’s statement did not say who would succeed Odeh as head of Hamas’s military wing.

In statements announcing his death on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said Odeh was head of Hamas intelligence during the October 7, 2023, attacks, which sparked the war in Gaza. Israel has killed dozens of Hamas leaders and military officials since the start of the war, with the premier and other top officials repeatedly vowing to kill or capture anyone who was involved in attacks.

The IDF said Odeh played a central role in planning and coordinating the October 7 onslaught and later directed attacks and intelligence operations against troops throughout the war.

Sources close to Hamas said Odeh was possibly the last remaining living member of the Hamas armed wing’s higher leadership council from before the war.

Odeh, estimated to be in his late 40s to early 50s, grew up in Gaza and was........

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