Hamas Confirms Its Military Leader and Family Killed in Israeli Airstrike
Xinhua News Agency, Gaza, May 27 (Reporter Zhao Weihong, Huang Zemin) The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) stated on the 27th that its military leader Muhammad Awad, along with his wife and two sons, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Gaza City on the 26th.
The statement said that the Israeli side's policies of assassination, siege, and starvation cannot achieve their goal of occupying this land.
Sources from the Gaza Strip's medical department told Xinhua reporters that the airstrike by the Israeli military on the evening of the 26th resulted in the deaths of six people, including Awad, his family, and two passersby, with about 20 others injured.
The latest report from the Gaza Strip's health department shows that since the ceasefire agreement took effect on October 10, 2025, more than 900 Palestinians have died in Israeli military operations, and over 2,000 have been injured.
The Israeli military stated on the 27th that they killed Hamas's newly appointed military leader Muhammad Awad in an attack on the Gaza Strip. The statement claimed that Awad was "one of the planners" of the Hamas raid on Israel on October 7, 2023. Not long ago, Awad succeeded the then Hamas military leader Izaddin al-Qassam, who was assassinated by the Israeli military. Awad is also the head of Hamas's intelligence department.
On May 26, 2023, an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City killed Hamas military leader Muhammad Awda, his wife, and two sons, along with three others. The strike was part of ongoing military operations by the Israeli Defense Forces, which have resulted in significant casualties among Palestinians since the ceasefire in October 2025.
- Hamas military leader Muhammad Awda and his family were killed in an Israeli airstrike on May 26, 2023.
- The airstrike resulted in a total of 6 deaths and approximately 20 injuries.
- Awda was identified as one of the planners of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
- Since the ceasefire on October 10, 2025, over 900 Palestinians have died due to Israeli military actions.