Hamas confirms killing of senior commander in Israeli attack in Gaza

Hamas’s Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya in a video statement on Sunday said Raed Saad was among the people killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza.Published On 14 Dec 2025Hamas has confirmed the killing of its senior commander Raed Saad in an Israeli attack in Gaza in the highest-profile assassination of a senior figure in the Palestinian group since the October ceasefire deal.The Israeli military had said on Saturday it had killed Saad in an attack near Gaza City. At least 25 people were wounded in the latest Israeli attack in Gaza.Recommended Stories list of 1 itemlist 1 of 1Israel claims to have killed senior Hamas commander, Raed Saad, in Gazaend of listConfirming Saad’s killing in a video statement on Sunday, Hamas’s Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya accused Israel of violating the ceasefire, agreed in October.“In the wake of Israel’s continued violations, including the latest assassination of a Hamas commander just yesterday, we call on the mediators and especially the US administration and US President Donald Trump as the main guarantor of the agreement, to force the occupation [Israel] to respect the ceasefire deal and to implement it,” he said.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.Moreover, Israel has refused to allow free flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, in violation of the truce’s terms, as hundreds of thousands of people are suffering the brunt of Storm Byron that flooded 27,000 tent shelters.The United Nations General Assembly last week overwhelmingly backed a resolution demanding that Israel open unrestricted humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, stop attacking UN facilities, and comply with international law, in line with its obligations as an occupying power.