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Daily Mail
29-06-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
British soldier, 20, is killed 'by an explosive device' while fighting in Gaza
A British soldier has been killed 'by an explosive device' while fighting in Gaza. Sergeant Yisrael Natan Rosenfeld, 20, from Ra'anana, Israel died on Sunday while fighting with the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion, the Times of Israel reports. The IDF soldier moved from London to Israel with his family 11 years ago, according to the paper, which adds that he has three siblings. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said it is 'looking into reports that an IDF soldier who died in combat in Gaza is a British national'. Israel continues to operate in Gaza, almost two years on from Hamas 's attacks on October 7, 2023. The initial attacks saw thousands of Hamas fighters storm into southern Israel where they killed a reported 1,320 Israelis and took a further 251 hostage. Some 50 hostages remain in captivity in Gaza but 28 of them are believed to be dead. Israel's subsequent strikes on the Gaza Strip have reportedly killed more than 56,000 people and left thousands displaced, wounded and struggling for water, food and healthcare. It comes after the Hamas chief allegedly behind the October 7 attacks was killed by an Israeli airstrike, according to the IDF. In a post on X on Saturday, the IDF reported it 'eliminated' Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa in a targeted airstrike on the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza on Friday. Describing him as both 'one of the founders of Hamas' military wing' and Hamas itself, it said: 'Issa led Hamas' force build-up, training, and planned the October 7 massacre.' It continued: 'As Head of Combat Support, he advanced aerial & naval attacks against Israelis.' The force has killed several other high-ranking Hamas officials since October 7. The Israeli military said earlier this month it killed the leader of a Palestinian militant group that took part in the October 7 attacks. Asaad Abu Sharia, who led the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement and its armed wing the Mujahideen Brigades, was killed in a joint operation with Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency. His death and that of his brother Ahmed Abu Sharia were announced after it was reported by Gaza's civil defence agency an Israeli airstrike had hit their home in Gaza City's Sabra area. Israel also said at the end of May its forces had killed Hamas' Gaza chief Mohammad Sinwar. He became the leader of the militant group in the Gaza Strip after his older brother Yahya Sinwar was killed last October. The Israeli military said at the time he was the target of a strike on a southern Gaza hospital on May 13. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then told parliament he had been 'eliminated'. In the last 20 months, repeated US-led attempts at a ceasefire have fallen through but on Friday it emerged that US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed on a rapid end to the war in Gaza. They discussed a solution during a phone call after the US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, Israeli media has reported quoting a source 'familiar with the conversation'. The two leaders agreed that four Arab states, including the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, would jointly govern the strip in place of Hamas, Israel Hayom is reporting. Leaders of the Hamas terror group would be exiled and all hostages released, a source is said to have told the outlet. But it remains unclear how such a proposal would be implemented, with Hamas vowing it will not leave the territory and Arab states repeatedly asserting that they would not step into a governing role. Trump and Netanyahu held the call on Monday a day after US bombers hit nuclear targets in Iran, with a source reportedly describing the call as 'euphoric'. They were joined on the call by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, according to the report. Under the agreement, Palestinians who wished to leave Gaza would be taken in by unnamed states, the men reportedly said, and Saudi Arabia and Syria would establish diplomatic ties with Israel. Israel in turn would express support for a future two-state solution on the condition that the Palestinian Authority bring in reforms, according to the report. The United States would recognise Israeli sovereignty over parts of the West Bank as part of the agreement, it also said. Israel Hayom reports that the 'ambitious' nature of the plan explains Trump's fury over Israel's planned retaliation against Iran for its 'minor' breach of the US-brokered ceasefire on Tuesday. Trump called the Israeli Prime Minister and warned him to 'stop the planes', reportedly telling him he did not understand why Netanyahu was 'disrupting' their agreed upon 'plan for peace' because of a 'small tactical incident'.
Russia Today
29-06-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Israel claims it killed Hamas co-founder linked to October 7 attack
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday it 'eliminated' Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa, described as one of the founders of Hamas' military wing and a mastermind of the deadly October 7, 2023 incursion into Israel. The surprise attack by the Palestinian militants left around 1,200 people dead, with 250 taken hostage. In response, Israel launched a massive military campaign against Hamas in Gaza. The IDF has subjected the densely-populated Palestinian enclave to severe artillery bombardment and airstrikes, reducing much of it to rubble. According to the IDF, Issa, who 'led Hamas' force build-up, training, and planned the October 7 massacre,' was killed in Gaza on Friday. He 'served as Head of the Combat Support Headquarters, and advanced aerial and naval terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip,' it claimed in a statement on Telegram. Issa served as 'Head of the Training Headquarters, and was a member of Hamas' General Security Council,' the IDF added. According to media reports, the Hamas commander was killed in an airstrike, along with his wife and grandson. Late last month, the IDF confirmed the killing of Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar in an airstrike conducted on May 13 in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. According to the statement, the strike obliterated an 'underground command and control center, under the European Hospital in Khan Younis,' where the Hamas leader was holed up, along with several high-ranking operatives. Hamas has repeatedly denied Israeli claims that it places its military facilities in the midst of residential areas or civilian infrastructure. Last December, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed responsibility for the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in late July 2024. Haniyeh, who was the Palestinian armed group's chief negotiator in indirect ceasefire talks with Israel, was killed by an explosive device. Israel intensified its ground offensive in Gaza in May after negotiations over the fate of the remaining hostages in Hamas' captivity stalled. During the course of the hostilities in Gaza, more than 55,600 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have lost their lives, according to the enclave's Hamas-controlled health authorities.
Daily Telegraph
29-06-2025
- Politics
- Daily Telegraph
Hamas leader and October 7 mastermind Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa killed in IDF airstrike
Don't miss out on the headlines from News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Israel's military 'eliminated' a founding Hamas military leader and mastermind behind the October 7 attack, Tel Aviv officials said on Saturday. Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa was killed during a targeted airstrike on the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. Al-Issa was one of the final remaining founding members of the terrorist organisation's military wing and played a crucial role in the October 7, 2023 attack that launched the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa, a founding Hamas military leader responsible for planning the October 7 attack, was killed during a targeted airstrike. Picture: X 'Issa led Hamas' force build-up, training, and planned the October 7 massacre,' the IDF said in a post on X. 'As Head of Combat Support, he advanced aerial & naval attacks against Israelis. 'The IDF & (Israel Security Agency) will continue to locate and eliminate all terrorists involved in the October 7 massacre.' Al-Issa was a 'key source of knowledge' for Hamas and held a litany of high-ranking positions within the group prior to October 7, including as the Head of the Training Headquarters. He was pivotal to rebuilding Hamas' organisational systems that were damaged over the last several months. Al-Issa was also a co-founder of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades' military academy, where he trained thousands of terrorists and influenced the structure of Hamas' military wing, the Jerusalem Post reported. He arrived in Gaza in 2005 from Syria, and was reportedly with his wife and grandson during the strike. Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. Picture: Bashar Taleb/AFP Al-Issa's death comes just days after the IDF claimed to have killed the leader of Mujahideen Brigades, the Palestinian jihadist group responsible for the kidnappings and murders of Hamas' hostages captured on October 7. Asaad Abu Sharia was taken out in a joint operation in Gaza City last Saturday by the IDF and the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency. Last month, the IDF also killed Hamas chief Mohammad Sinwar during an airstrike on a Gaza hospital. Sinwar was hiding in tunnels beneath the building, with dramatic footage capturing the moment IDF soldiers ripped his body from the rubble. This article originally appeared on NY Post and was reproduced with permission Originally published as Hamas leader and October 7 mastermind Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa killed in IDF airstrike
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Hamas co-founder and October 7 massacre mastermind 'killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza Strip'
A co-founder of Hamas and mastermind behind the October 7 massacre has been killed in an airstrike, Israel has claimed. The Israel Defence Forces released a statement on Saturday evening saying it 'eliminated' Hakham Muhammad Issa al-Issa in Sabra, western Gaza on Friday. He arrived in the besieged Palestinian territory in 2005 from Syria, and was reportedly with his wife and grandson during the attack. Asaad Abu Sharia — head of the Mujahideen Brigades, which operates independently of Hamas but collaborates closely with militants from Palestinian Islamic Jihad's armed wing, Saraya Al Quds, — also died in the operation, the IDF said. 🔴 ELIMINATED: eliminated Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa—one of the founders of Hamas' military led Hamas' force build-up, training, and planned the October 7 massacre. As Head of Combat Support, he advanced aerial & naval attacks against IDF & ISA will… — Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 28, 2025 At the time of his death, al-Issa was serving as head of Hamas' combat support headquarters. As a founding members of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades' military academy, al-Issa is said to have trained thousands of terrorists, the Jerusalem Post reported. And as a representative on Hamas' general security council, al-Issa played a significant role in the planning and execution of the group's horrific assault on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage. He played pivotal role in helping to rebuild Hamas' organisational systems that were damaged by Israeli forces over the last several months. The IDF said in a statement: 'The IDF & (Israel Security Agency) will continue to locate and eliminate all terrorists involved in the October 7 massacre.' Israel has killed several high-ranking Hamas officials over the last 18 months, including the group's chief Mohammed Sinwar last month. Israel's retaliatory response to October 7 has killed more than 58,000 Palestinians, according to Hamas-backed health officials, and destroyed much of Gaza's coastal territory. US President Donald Trump on Friday indicated that a peace deal between Israel and Hamas may come into force within the next week, although it was not clear whether it would be a temporary or permanent ceasefire.
Telegraph
28-06-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
We've killed Hamas' Oct 7 mastermind, IDF claim
The Hamas chief who is believed to be the mastermind of the Oct 7 attacks is reported to have been killed by an Israeli airstrike, according to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). In a statement on X, the IDF said it had 'eliminated' Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa – 'one of the founders of Hamas' military wing' in a targeted airstrike on the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza. 'Issa led Hamas' force build-up, training, and planned the October 7 massacre,' the post said. 'As Head of Combat Support, he advanced aerial & naval attacks against Israelis.' A total of 1,320 Israelis were killed and more than 251 hostages seized in the Oct 7 attacks in 2023. The IDF claims Al-Issa 'played a significant role in the planning and execution of the attack as well as serving as Head of the Training Headquarters'. They added he is 'one of the last remaining senior Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip'. 'The IDF & ISA will continue to locate and eliminate all terrorists involved in the October 7 massacre,' they added.
