Israel Claims Near-Total Elimination of Oct. 7 Attack Architects, Controls 60% of Gaza

Israel is nearing the completion of its stated objective to eliminate the architects of the October 7th massacre, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced. This significant claim, made during a government meeting, signals a strategic shift in the ongoing conflict, with Netanyahu asserting that Israel now controls a substantial 60 percent of the Gaza Strip.

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I promised that every single architect of the massacre and hostage-taking would be eliminated down to the last one, and we are very close to completing this mission.

The military has reported the successful elimination of key Hamas figures, including Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the top military leader in Gaza, and previously Ismail Haniyeh, Yahya Sinwar, and Mohammed Deif. These targeted assassinations, Israel maintains, are crucial steps in dismantling Hamas's leadership and preventing future attacks.

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Haddad was killed in an attack that claimed the lives of seven people, including a child.

However, the conflict's grim reality continues to unfold. While Israel asserts its focus on Hamas, the report acknowledges that Israeli airstrikes have resulted in the deaths of entire families and neighbors of Hamas members, alongside other civilian casualties. An attack on a soup kitchen in Deir al-Balah, which killed at least eight Palestinians, underscores the devastating human cost of the war. Since the October 7th attack, over 72,000 Palestinians have been killed, with the majority being civilians, according to Gaza's health ministry.

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At least eight Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a soup kitchen in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian health authorities.