{"id":92600,"date":"2026-05-17T22:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T03:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=92600"},"modified":"2026-05-17T22:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T03:21:11","slug":"netanyahu-hails-strike-killing-hamas-chief-murderer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/netanyahu-hails-strike-killing-hamas-chief-murderer\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu hails strike killing Hamas \u2018chief murderer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JNS STAFF<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-dateAndSource\">(JNS.org)&nbsp; \u2013&nbsp;Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israeli forces had targeted and killed the head of Hamas\u2019s \u201cmilitary wing\u201d Izz al-Din al-Haddad, calling him the \u201cchief murderer\u201d and a key figure behind the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_92601\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hamas_leader.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92601\" class=\"wp-image-92601 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hamas_leader-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hamas_leader-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hamas_leader-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hamas_leader.jpg 913w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/213;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92601\" class=\"wp-image-92601 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hamas_leader-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hamas_leader-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hamas_leader-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hamas_leader.jpg 913w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-92601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The IDF image of izz al-Din al-Haddad. (Source GPO)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cEvery terrorist is a marked man; we will pursue and reach them all,\u201d the premier stated along with an IDF image of al-Haddad.<\/p>\n<p>The leading terrorist was&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/israel-news\/iaf-slays-hamas-military-chief-who-was-in-charge-of-hostages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">killed<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;in a precision airstrike in Gaza City\u2019s Rimal neighborhood on Friday, the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) said in a joint statement earlier Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>President Isaac Herzog quoted Psalm 18:37 in a Saturday X post congratulating Israeli security and intelligence on the operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will pursue my enemies and overtake them; I will not return until they are destroyed,\u201d Herzog wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI commend the IDF, the Shin Bet and the security forces for eliminating Hamas\u2019s military wing chief, Izz al-Din al-Haddad. He was among the planners and leaders of the Oct. 7 attack and held our hostages in captivity with unimaginable cruelty. A mass murderer who devoted his life to terrorism and for years planned and carried out heinous attacks against Israeli civilians,\u201d Herzog said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State of Israel will continue to act with determination against terrorism and will reach everyone who took part in the events of Oct. 7,\u201d the president continued<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Netanyahu%20hails%20strike%20killing%20Hamas%20%E2%80%98chief%20murderer%E2%80%99\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":92601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[663,40,15180,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92602,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92600\/revisions\/92602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}