New details are being revealed today (Saturday) about Operation “Sharp Gaza,” which led to the assassination of the mastermind of the assassination, Izz ad-Din al-Haddad, head of Hamas’ military wing and one of the terror organization’s top brass who planned the October 7 massacre.
According to a security source, the political echelon approved the attack about a week and a half ago, and it was carried out now because an operational opportunity with a high chance of success had ripened.
Haddad is considered the most senior figure in Hamas in the Gaza Strip, after a series of targeted assassinations of the organization’s top brass. He replaced Muhammad Sinwar, who was assassinated about a year ago. As the war progressed, and after the assassination of senior brigade commanders, Haddad took command of the entire northern area of Gaza and eventually became the de facto commander of the entire military wing in the Strip.
According to Channel 14’s military correspondent, Hillel Bitton-Rosen, the mass murderer has been hiding in underground hiding places lately, using hostages as human shields, which prevented his earlier elimination. The hostages who returned from captivity testified that they met him and spoke with him. In the elimination operation, our forces attacked the building where he was staying, as well as another vehicle that tried to flee the scene.
President Isaac Herzog congratulated the security forces on the elimination of the head of the military wing of Hamas, Izz ad-Din al-Haddad. “He was one of the leaders of the inferno attack and held our hostages cruelly,” he said. Herzog emphasized: “We will reach everyone who took part in the October 7 attacks.”