Earlier in the day, the al-Qassam Brigades had officially confirmed the commander’s martyrdom in the “cowardly” Israeli airstrike on Gaza City the previous night.

According to its statement, the targeted killing constituted “a flagrant violation” of a ceasefire agreement reached between Hamas and the Israeli regime in Egypt in January 2025.

Hezbollah said the attack “reveals the extent of the enemy’s contempt and breach of all the covenants and treaties it makes,” adding that “its thirst for bloodshed is what governs its mind and actions, and that all the negotiations and agreements it signs are nothing but a waste of time.”

The movement mourned Haddad as “a cherished martyr” and praised his sacrifices “in the path of jihad and resistance.”