Israel Targets Hamas Gaza Leader Ali al-Amoudi in Airstrike; Five Reported Killed
GAZA CITY, October 4, 2026 [VoM News]: Israel has acknowledged Saturday that it struck a senior Hamas official, Ali al-Amoudi, in Gaza City with an airstrike in which four female residents were killed, while the Palestinian authorities claimed that at least five people were killed overall.
According to the Israeli military, al-Amoudi is the most senior Hamas member active in the Gaza Strip, and the former “right-hand man” of slain Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar. Israel has charged him with being involved in the preparations for the October 7, 2023 attack, and with trying to strengthen Hamas’s military forces.
The Israeli military stated it was still determining if al-Amoudi had been killed or injured during the attack. Intelligence suggested al-Amoudi had been in an apartment block at the time of the attack, Israel said. The military said it targeted civilians as a precaution, and that Hamas operated among civilians, and that civilian casualties were minimised by using precision weapons. The military expressed regret for “injuries” to third parties.
The military expressed regret for “injuries” to third parties. Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City reported to AFP that it had been dispatched five bodies and several wounded after the pre-dawn raid in the Rimal neighbourhood. The victim women and their daughter, and a man were reported.
Two missiles hit the apartment, setting it on fire, and damaging the building, said Gaza civil defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal. The hospital director said two of those who died were Christians from the Gaza community.
They were named Maysaa Abu Daoud, 36, and her daughter, Mary Al-Najjar, 56. After the funeral the mourners arrived at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in the Gaza city for burial.
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The strike took place approximately one year after the Hamas terror attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 (Jewish calendar). In October of 2024, Israel struck and killed Yahya Sinwar in Gaza. Khalil al-Hayya, who holds the top position in Hamas’s political bureau, is based in Qatar, and al-Amoudi has become the highest-ranking Hamas leader in Gaza, Israel says.
According to Israeli sources, some 1,200 were killed in Israel during the attack on October 7. Since the Palestinians’ subsequent military campaign began, over 74,000 people have reportedly been killed in Gaza, according to Gaza health officials.
The casualty figures from Gaza do not generally distinguish between civilians and combatants.
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Dil Bar Irshad is an Indian journalist, writer, and media entrepreneur from the Marmat area of Doda in Jammu and Kashmir, India. He is best known as the founder and Editor-in-Chief of VoM News ("Voice of Masses"), a digital news portal dedicated to highlighting public grievances and citizen issues. Career Overview • Early Career (2015–2016): He began his reporting career focusing on local public issues and citizen grievances in Jammu and Kashmir. • Regional & National Journalism: Over the years, he served as a District Correspondent for the English newspaper Khalsa Express News (2019–2020) and worked as an Urdu correspondent for Sada e Kohistan. He also reported as a J&K Correspondent for the Millennium Post. • International Reporting: In 2023, he expanded into international journalism, working as an India Correspondent for global agencies like BNN Breaking and later TrimFeed, covering diverse topics ranging from stock market updates to regional and global geopolitical developments. • Media Associations: He is an active member of the All India Media Association. Seen IN: Editor-in-Chief, VoM News India, Jammu and Kashmīr Business and Finance, Crime and Justice, Environment As seen in: VoM News, MSN, MSN India, MSN Singapore, MSN UK, Youth Ki Awaaz, Millennium Post, AgroPages, The California Courier, Hecho En California, Justice News, The Chenab Times, Niguro, Sisnoo
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