The Story After Odeh: Israel Isn't Stopping

Israel did not pause after Mohammed Odeh's death. It kept killing.

Within days of Odeh's elimination, the Israel Defense Forces announced two more high-value kills — each one directly tied to October 7.

Imad Aslim: The Man Who Ran the Raids

Imad Hassan Hussein Aslim was the Deputy Commander of the Gaza City Brigade and Commander of the Zeitoun Battalion in Hamas's military wing. According to the IDF, he was killed in a joint airstrike with Shin Bet in northern Gaza on Wednesday, May 28.

Aslim was no minor figure. The IDF said he "commanded the battalion's terrorist infiltration into Israel during the October 7 Massacre" — meaning he personally ran the ground raids that killed over 1,200 Israelis.

He wasn't just a planner. He stayed active after October 7, "advancing dozens of imminent attacks against IDF soldiers" operating inside Gaza, according to the IDF statement. His funeral was held in Gaza City on Thursday, with Hamas supporters mourning in the streets.

Another commander, Izz ad-Din Beck, was reportedly present at the time of the strike. The IDF says the results of Beck's status are "under review" — military language suggesting they may have killed him as well, but are not yet confirming it.

Ihab Khrizim: Following the Money

Ihab Khrizim was killed in Khan Yunis on Tuesday, May 27, according to the IDF. His job was moving money — specifically, he was responsible for "managing the transfer of millions of dollars to Hamas's military wing," per the IDF statement reported by the NY Post.

The IDF said Khrizim was actively "violating the ceasefire agreement" and that his actions "enabled the promotion and execution of terror plots" against both IDF forces and Israeli civilians.

Killing a financier degrades operational capacity. Bombs and bullets don't fire themselves — they're bought. Cut the funding pipeline and you degrade the ability to wage war. The IDF called it "a blow to Hamas's attempts at rehabilitation and empowerment." Replacing a commander takes weeks. Rebuilding a financial network takes months.

Also Dead: Hamas Weapons Maker

The IDF also confirmed the killing of Mohammed al-Habash, described as a Hamas operative who manufactured weapons for the terror group. No date was specified beyond "recent days" in the NY Post's reporting. Three separate kills announced in roughly a 72-hour window.

The Pattern

Hamas military leadership since October 7:

• Izz al-Din al-Haddad — Killed May 15 by Israeli airstrike
• Mohammed Odeh — Appointed to replace Haddad, killed May 27. Served roughly 11 days
• Imad Aslim — Zeitoun Battalion commander, killed May 28
• Ihab Khrizim — Hamas financier, killed May 27
• Mohammed al-Habash — Weapons manufacturer, killed in the same window

According to Breitbart's reporting, Haddad's own predecessors were also eliminated by Israeli strikes. Hamas has now burned through multiple military wing commanders since the war began.

Breitbart noted that i24 News ran a list of four possible successors to Odeh on Wednesday. One of them — Haitham al-Hawajiri of the al-Shati Camp Battalion — had previously been declared dead by Israel, only to turn out alive. Another successor candidate, Hussein Fayyad, is known for releasing propaganda videos declaring Hamas victories. These are the figures now in the leadership pipeline.

The Bigger Picture

Most outlets covered Odeh's death as a standalone event. This is a sustained decapitation campaign, not a one-off strike.

The Lebanon angle deserves more attention. According to Republic World, Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon killed 31 people and injured 40 on the same day Odeh was eliminated. Prime Minister Netanyahu publicly ordered the military to "press the pedal even harder" against Hezbollah. Washington signaled it would approve a larger operation.

Israel is fighting a multi-front war simultaneously — Gaza and Lebanon, with Iran lurking behind both.

What This Means

For Hamas, this is a leadership crisis in real time. The organization is losing experienced commanders faster than it can train replacements. Aslim had specific operational knowledge of how the October 7 raids were executed. That knowledge is gone.

For the hostage situation — still ongoing — every senior Hamas figure killed represents potential leverage lost. That's a real tradeoff.

For Israel's stated goal of dismantling Hamas as a military force: the pace of eliminations suggests the intelligence picture is getting clearer. Months of surveillance preceded the Odeh strike. The Aslim kill followed days later.

Hamas isn't beaten. But it is running out of the people who know how to fight.