Israel is working to determine whether a Hamas senior official was killed in an airstrike in central Gaza, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a news conference on Monday.
"We are still examining the results of the attack and have not yet received a final verification regarding it," Hagari said.
Hagari said on Saturday night, the IDF and Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, attacked an underground compound used by Hamas' deputy military leader Marwan Issa and other senior Hamas officials in the Nazirat area of central Gaza.
Because the compound is underground, the IDF has not been able to verify whether Issa was killed, Hagari said.
"There is also complexity in aspects of verification for all kinds of intelligence reasons. When we know for sure we will say and update the public," he said.
The operation was based on "high-quality intelligence" which also indicated that no Israeli hostages were present in the compound, Hagari said.
Hagari said Issa is the deputy of Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas' military division, and is one of the planners of the October 7 attack against Israel.