Key facts
- An Israeli airstrike killed Izz al-Din Al-Beik, head of Hamas's armed wing in northern Gaza, on Tuesday.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed the strike.
- Beik was involved in planning attacks and recruiting militants, according to Israeli officials.
- Hamas sources confirmed Beik's death in an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Gaza City.
An Israeli airstrike on Tuesday killed Izz al-Din Al-Beik, identified by Israeli and Palestinian sources as the head of Hamas's armed wing in the northern Gaza Strip. The strike targeted an apartment building in Gaza City's Nasr neighborhood around dawn.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that the military had targeted Beik, whom they described as having been involved in planning attacks and recruiting militants. Medics and Hamas sources confirmed Beik's death.