Hamas Confirms Top Official Wounded in Israeli Strike
Translated & summarized from Cursorinfo by baba
Hamas has confirmed that Ali al-Amoudi, a senior official and potential successor to Yahya Sinwar, was moderately wounded in an Israeli strike on October 3 in Gaza City. Al-Amoudi was inside a targeted apartment but survived due to his location within the building. Previous reports suggested he had been warned and evacuated beforehand, but Hamas has not confirmed this. The organization may have concealed his injuries as part of an intelligence operation.
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- Hamas confirmed Ali al-Amoudi, a potential successor to Yahya Sinwar, was wounded in an Israeli strike on October 3.
- Al-Amoudi sustained moderate injuries, including broken limbs, but is in good condition and receiving medical care.
- The strike targeted a Gaza City apartment, killing five Palestinians, and al-Amoudi was inside the building.
- Previous reports claimed al-Amoudi was warned and evacuated the building hours before the Israeli attack.
- Hamas may have concealed al-Amoudi's injuries to portray the Israeli operation as a failure.
Hamas has officially acknowledged that Ali al-Amoudi, a potential successor to Yahya Sinwar and the de facto head of the organization's political bureau in Gaza, was wounded in an Israeli strike approximately two weeks ago. The strike targeted a residential apartment in the Gaza City port area on October 3, resulting in the deaths of five Palestinians. This marks the first official confirmation from Hamas that al-Amoudi was inside the targeted apartment during the attack.
According to a senior Hamas official who spoke anonymously to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on Saturday, October 17, al-Amoudi sustained moderate injuries, including broken limbs. The official stated that al-Amoudi was in a safe location receiving medical care and that his condition is good. He confirmed al-Amoudi was in the building during the strike but survived because he was in a side section.
Previous reports from multiple sources within Hamas had claimed al-Amoudi had been warned of the impending strike and had evacuated the building hours before the attack. These reports suggested that intelligence gathered by Hamas indicated a planned assassination attempt on a senior official, prompting an urgent warning to al-Amoudi. The Hamas official declined to confirm or deny these earlier accounts of a prior warning but noted that local observers regularly report Israeli drone movements to Hamas leadership.
Hamas may have attempted to conceal al-Amoudi's injuries, even from some within the organization and other Palestinian factions, as part of a psychological and intelligence counter-operation to portray the Israeli strike as a failure and sow confusion among Israeli security services.
Al-Amoudi is considered a key Hamas figure with strategic and security experience. He was close to former leader Yahya Sinwar, with whom he served time in Israeli prison before their release in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange. Before the current war, al-Amoudi led Hamas's information department and was appointed to head the political bureau in Gaza in December 2025, a move that reportedly caused internal discontent. He was also a participant in recent internal elections for Hamas's Gaza leader, with his rival being Nizar Awadallah.
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