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GAZA CITY (AP) \u2014 New photographs from Gaza City reveal the devastating aftermath of an Israeli military strike that resulted in the death of Izz al-Din al-Haddad, a high-ranking Hamas military official whom Israel has identified as a key planner behind the October 7, 2023 attacks. The images show fire and widespread damage at the location of the strike, with local residents responding to the scene and mourners assembling for funeral services.<\/p>

This collection of photographs was assembled by AP photo editors.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Images from Gaza City reveal the destruction following an Israeli military strike that resulted in the death of Izz al-Din al-Haddad, a high-ranking Hamas military official. Israel has identified al-Haddad as a key figure behind the October 7, 2023 attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":67601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1778949404799.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-hAm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67520,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/israeli-military-reports-killing-hamas-commander-behind-october-7-attacks\/","url_meta":{"origin":67602,"position":0},"title":"Israeli Military Reports Killing Hamas Commander Behind October 7 Attacks","author":"Admin","date":"May 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Israeli military announced it killed a top Hamas military leader in Gaza City on Friday. 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