Israel said Wednesday it had killed Hamas's newly appointed armed wing chief in Gaza, just over a week after it killed his predecessor, while intensifying military pressure in Gaza and expanding operations in Lebanon. 

The Israeli military said Mohammad Odeh was killed in an operation in Gaza on Tuesday. 

In a press release, Hamas said Odeh was killed along with his wife and two of his sons in an Israeli bombing that targeted a residential building.

A relative of Odeh told Reuters his funeral would take place after noon prayers in Gaza City. 

Health officials in Gaza said six people, including at least one woman, were killed and more than 20 others were wounded in the same Israeli strike that destroyed an upper floor of an apartment building in the Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City. Rescue workers were still at the scene looking for more possible casualties.