Gaza: Hamas spokesperson Abu Obedia has been targeted and “likely” martyred in an Israeli strike, reported the Times of Israel.
IDF and Shib Bet, in a statement, said that they carried out an airstrike on a senior Hamas official in Gaza City.
Multiple Hebrew media outlets have reported that the person targeted by Israel was Hudayfa Samir Abdallah al-Kahlout alias “Abu Obedia”.
“There is optimism, we have cautiously assessed that the direction is positive,” one security source told Channel 12.
Meanwhile, another security source told the Kan public broadcaster that the outcome was “looking good”.
