Israeli army soldiers stand atop the turret of a Merkava main battle tank positioned near armoured military bulldozers along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Sept. 2, 2025. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images
The Israeli military on May 27 said it killed Mohammad Odeh, Hamas’s newly appointed military chief, in an airstrike in Gaza.
The announcement came as Israeli forces intensified military operations across the enclave and southern Lebanon while ceasefire negotiations remained deadlocked.
Evgenia Filimianova is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of international stories, with a particular interest in foreign policy, economy, and UK politics.
