Hamas has reportedly chosen senior intelligence official Mohammed Odeh to take over as the terror group’s leader in Gaza and commander of its military wing following the elimination of Izz al-Din al-Haddad, according to Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat.

Al-Haddad was killed Friday in an Israeli strike.

The report says Odeh previously headed military intelligence for Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades during the October 7 massacre and worked closely with al-Haddad in efforts to rebuild Hamas’s command structure after the assassinations of former leaders Muhammad Deif and Muhammad Sinwar.

Citing a source familiar with the matter, Asharq Al-Awsat reported that Odeh had earlier been offered leadership of the al-Qassam Brigades after Sinwar’s assassination last May, but turned down the position at the time.

According to the Saudi outlet, Odeh was responsible for collecting intelligence on IDF bases near the Gaza border and identifying vulnerabilities within the military’s Gaza Division ahead of the October 7 attacks carried out by Hamas terrorists.