Reports: Hamza bin Laden Killed in Operation Involving US

Osama bin Laden's son Hamza. File photo
Osama bin Laden's son Hamza. File photo
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Reports: Hamza bin Laden Killed in Operation Involving US

Osama bin Laden's son Hamza. File photo
Osama bin Laden's son Hamza. File photo

Osama bin Laden's son Hamza, chosen heir to the leadership of al-Qaeda, has been killed, American officials said Wednesday.

Questioned by reporters in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump did not confirm or deny the matter.

"I don't want to comment on it," he said.

But US media, including the New York Times, quoted officials as saying that they had confirmation Hamza bin Laden was killed during the last two years in an operation involving the United States.

Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces who raided his compound in Pakistan in 2011. Hamza was thought to be in Iran at the time, and documents recovered from the compound indicated that aides had been trying to reunite him with his father.

In February, the State Department said it was offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading "to the identification or location in any country" of Hamza, calling him a key al-Qaeda leader.



Netanyahu Takes Witness Stand Again in His Trial for Corruption

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP)
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Netanyahu Takes Witness Stand Again in His Trial for Corruption

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified again on Wednesday in his ongoing trial for alleged corruption.

Netanyahu is the first sitting Israeli leader to take the stand as a criminal defendant. He denies wrongdoing, saying the charges are a witch hunt orchestrated by a hostile media and a biased legal system out to topple his lengthy rule.

The corruption trial testimony is another low point for Israel’s longest-serving leader, who also faces an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

Netanyahu is expected to travel to Hungary later Wednesday for a meeting with the country's prime minister, Viktor Orban, despite the international arrest warrant.