A heavily damaged building in the Rimal neighborhood, in Gaza City, on Aug. 31, 2025, a day after it was hit by an Israeli military strike. Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip—The Israeli military announced Sunday that it killed the longtime spokesperson for the Hamas terrorist group’s armed wing, as the country’s security cabinet met to discuss the expanding offensive in some of Gaza’s most populated areas.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz identified the spokesperson as Abu Obeida, the nom de guerre for the person who represented Hamas’s Qassam Brigades. He was killed over the weekend. Hamas has not commented on the claim.
