Hamas Deputy Leader Survives Israeli Airstrike in Gaza

By Gwen Posted Oct 20, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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In an Israeli air attack in the Palestinian area, several people were killed this weekend. Israel targeted the highest-ranking Hamas leader in the coastal strip – but he probably survived.

According to Israel’s highest-ranking Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, he survived an airstrike by the armed forces on Saturday. Ali al-Omari is said to be a leading candidate for the planned secret election of a Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli channel Kan. According to the army, he is the deputy chairman of the political bureau of the Islamist terrorist organization in Gaza.

The Palestinian received asylum and citizenship in the UK. He had targeted Jewish and Israeli targets. Reports from Egypt and the Emirates describe several warnings against the attack from Gaza. The Israeli Prime Minister denies this categorically.

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According to Palestinian rescue forces under Hamas’ control, the attack killed at least five people. According to medical sources in the Shifa Hospital, at least five more people were injured in the attack on an apartment in a house in the west of Gaza.

According to the military, Al-Omari was the right hand of Hamas leader Jihia al-Sinwar, who had been killed in the meantime. He was also involved in the decisions regarding the massacre in Israel on October 7, 2023, it was said. Israel had attacked, while al-Omari had been in an apartment used by Hamas for terrorist activities. The information cannot be independently verified.

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Source: Read the original report (translated from German)

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