Israeli claims to have killed senior Hamas commander, Raed Saad, in Gaza

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The Israeli military claims to have killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saad in a strike in Gaza City on Saturday. The attack reportedly killed four people and wounded at least 25, according to Gaza health authorities. Israel alleges Saad was working to rebuild Hamas's capabilities and was involved in the October 7, 2023, attacks. Saad is described as the head of Hamas's weapons manufacturing force and second-in-command of its armed wing. There has been no immediate confirmation of Saad's death from Hamas or medics. Since the ceasefire in October, Gaza authorities report nearly 800 Israeli attacks, resulting in at least 386 deaths.

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There was no immediate confirmation from Hamas or from medics that Saad was among the dead.

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The attack on Saturday killed four people and wounded at least 25.

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Israeli military says it has killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saad in a strike in Gaza City.

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Saad used to head Hamas’s Gaza City battalion.

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Since the ceasefire started in October, Israel has continued to attack Gaza daily.

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There was no immediate confirmation from Hamas or from medics that Saad was among the dead.Published On 13 Dec 2025|Updated: 28 minutes agoThe Israeli military sats it has killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saad in a strike in Gaza City.The attack on Saturday killed four people and wounded at least 25, according to Gaza health authorities.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Fourteen Palestinians, including children, die in Gaza amid Storm Byronlist 2 of 3Israel approves 19 new West Bank settlements in major annexation pushlist 3 of 3UN General Assembly adopts resolution demanding Israel allow aid into Gazaend of listThere was no immediate confirmation from Hamas or from medics that Saad was among the dead.In a post on Telegram, the army alleged that the commander had been operating to re-establish Hamas’s capabilities, which have been severely depleted by more than two years of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. It described him as one of the architects of the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel.If Saad was killed, it would be the highest-profile assassination of a senior Hamas figure since a fragile ceasefire deal came into effect in October.An Israeli defence official told the Reuters news agency that Saad had been targeted in the attack, describing him as the head of Hamas’s weapons manufacturing force.Hamas sources have also described him as the second-in-command of the group’s armed wing, after Izz al-Din al-Haddad.Saad used to head Hamas’s Gaza City battalion, one of the group’s largest and best-equipped, those sources said.The Wafa news agency reported that an Israeli drone hit a vehicle at the Nabulsi junction in the west of Gaza City, resulting in casualties.The agency did not report on specific numbers, and it was not clear if the attack was the one that allegedly killed the Hamas member.Since the ceasefire started in October, Israel has continued to attack Gaza daily – reaching nearly 800 times and killing at least 386 people – in a clear breach of the agreement, according to authorities in Gaza.

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