Israel’s defense minister threatens to pursue Hamas leaders abroad and participants in October 7, 2023 attack

China News Service, September 30. According to the "Times of Israel" report, Israeli Defense Minister Katz stated on the 29th local time that leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) living overseas are also among those targeted by Israel, and threatened to pursue all participants in the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

According to reports, Katz said in a video statement that as part of a series of operations, the Israel Defense Forces killed the commander of the North Gaza Brigade, the military branch of Hamas, overnight.

Katz also pointed out that Hamas leaders living abroad are also targets. None of the "core characters" involved in the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, can "die peacefully."

According to previous reports, Israel has intensified its attacks on Palestinian armed personnel in the Gaza Strip in recent times. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that in recent weeks, Israeli troops have killed more than 100 "terrorists" in the Gaza Strip.

The Israel Defense Forces and the Israeli National Security Directorate (Shin Bet) issued a joint statement on the 29th, stating that Israel took action in the northern Gaza Strip from the night of the 28th to the early morning of the 29th and killed Izzdine Bicker, the commander of the North Gaza Brigade of Hamas's military branch. The statement said that Bick served as the head of military intelligence for the North Gaza Brigade and took over after the brigade's previous commander was killed.