Conflict & Security
Israel attempted to assassinate Ali al-Omoudi, Hamas's de facto Gaza leader, Channel 12 reports
October 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM · Updated 13d ago
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(opens the publisher’s site)Israeli Channel 12 reported that the army attempted to assassinate Ali al-Omoudi, Hamas's deputy political bureau chief and successor to Yahya al-Sinwar, with the outcome unclear.
- Channel 12 said Saturday's assassination attempt targeted al-Omoudi, described as the man running the Gaza Strip, and that its results remain unclear.
- The channel said al-Omoudi led Hamas's deception plan suggesting it would disarm and hand civil governance to a technocrat committee under Nikolay Mladenov.
- Released in the 2011 Shalit deal alongside Sinwar, al-Omoudi rose to de facto leadership of Hamas in Gaza after Sinwar's assassination.
- Israeli Army Radio said the overnight assassination attempt on Ali al-Omoudi in Gaza appeared to have failed.
- Israeli media said the air strike on Gaza City killed five people, but al-Omoudi was not listed among the martyrs, leaving his fate uncertain.