Israel has killed Izz al-Din al-Haddad, described as one of Hamas's most senior military commanders, in a targeted airstrike in Gaza on Friday. Al-Haddad, who was a member of Hamas's Military Council (the faction's highest command body) and one of the last surviving officials suspected of planning the 7 October 2023 attacks that killed around 1,200 Israelis, was confirmed dead by both Hamas and his own family. The killing underscores deepening fragility in the region's multiple ceasefires, as Israel simultaneously carried out fresh strikes in southern Lebanon — killing at least six people, including three paramedics — just hours after its envoys agreed in Washington to extend a month-long truce with Lebanon by a further 45 days.