Head of Hamas-led police in northern Gaza killed in Israeli strike; six dead on July 25

Herz — World Desk · 25 July 2026 at 20:46 · 30s summary · 2 min read

What we know

Brigadier-General Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, head of Hamas-led police in northern Gaza and governor of the northern zone, was killed on July 25, 2026 by an Israeli airstrike in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City, according to Hamas's Interior Ministry and medical officials.

The Israeli military asserted that Al-Maqadma was also a member of Hamas's military wing.

On the same day, an Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian medical responder in Nuseirat refugee camp.

In Khan Younis, two people were killed in a strike on a house; Israel said it was targeting a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, an armed Palestinian organization. A high school student, Khaled Al-Breim, was also killed in a later strike in the same city; he was carrying sweets to celebrate the end of his secondary studies and his upcoming university enrollment.

A police officer wounded in an Israeli airstrike the previous week died from his injuries on July 25, 2026, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed that day to six.

Context

In recent months, Israel has killed dozens of members of Hamas-led police forces. The military claims many of them were linked to the movement's armed wing and posed an active threat.

Hamas accuses Israel of deliberately targeting the police force to destabilize the Gaza enclave. The movement characterizes these strikes as an additional violation of the US-brokered October ceasefire.

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