{"text":[[{"start":8.15,"text":"The last Hamas commander responsible for the October 7 2023 attack on Israel has been killed in an air strike in Gaza City, the country’s military confirmed on Saturday."}],[{"start":20.65,"text":"Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the Hamas military chief, had been hunted for years. His predecessors, including Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Marwan Issa were killed in the war that erupted after Hamas murdered more than 1,200 people in Israel."}],[{"start":36.349999999999994,"text":"According to Palestinian media reports and local officials, Israeli air strikes on Friday evening targeted an apartment and nearby vehicle in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City. The attack killed Haddad, his wife and daughter, four additional people and injured 50 more. An Israeli security official said the commander had been under surveillance for more than a week."}],[{"start":59.55,"text":"Hamas has not officially confirmed Haddad’s death, but according to local reports mosques in the city were mourning his death on Saturday afternoon and a funeral procession was under way."}],[{"start":70.3,"text":"Haddad, believed to be 56 years old, was for many years Hamas’s Gaza City brigade commander and, according to Israeli officials, played an integral role in the planning and execution of the October 7 cross-border assault into southern Israel. More than 250 people were also snatched during the raid and held hostage in the strip."}],[{"start":91,"text":"Several female Israeli hostages, including soldiers, said they had been held by Haddad in safe houses and tunnels during the war, conversing with him in Hebrew before they were released last year in a prisoner swap."}],[{"start":102.3,"text":"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Israel Katz said the country would “continue to act with force and determination against everyone who took part in the October 7 massacre”."}],[{"start":114,"text":"“This is a clear message to all the murderers who seek our lives: sooner or later, Israel will reach you.”"}],[{"start":120.75,"text":"Haddad’s elimination piles more pressure on a shaky US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas reached last October, after two years of war that killed more than 70,000 Palestinians and reduced much of the Palestinian enclave to rubble. "}],[{"start":137.95,"text":"The Israeli military still controls more than half of Gaza, with Hamas solidifying its hold on the remaining territory."}],[{"start":144.7,"text":"Israeli and US officials have demanded that Hamas lay down its weapons as part of the truce deal, and as a precondition for any reconstruction of the strip. Talks aimed at convincing the group to disarm have hit an impasse, according to several people familiar with the matter."}],[{"start":160.45,"text":"Hamas negotiators insist that Israel fulfil commitments made as part of the agreement, including a complete end to strikes, an increase in humanitarian aid and the passage of heavy equipment and temporary shelters."}],[{"start":173.1,"text":"Netanyahu has threatened to resume a full-scale offensive against Hamas if the group refuses to disarm. According to a person familiar with the matter, the prime minister has attempted to convince the Trump administration and other international mediators that negotiations were futile. "}],[{"start":197,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1778943158_3776.mp3"}