Overview
- Iss al-Din al-Haddad, killed in a targeted strike in Gaza City on Friday according to the Israeli military, was later confirmed dead by Hamas, which held a funeral for him and two relatives.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel is now very close to eliminating those who planned the October 7 attack.
- Netanyahu’s office said Israeli forces control about 60% of the Gaza Strip, while separate reports of a new forward “orange line” remain unconfirmed.
- Israeli officials described al-Haddad as a key planner of October 7 and said he became Hamas’s military chief after Mohammed Sinwar was killed in May 2025.
- Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry reports more than 72,700 war deaths, including at least 870 since the October cease-fire, figures that independent sources have not confirmed.