Gazan sources report that an Israeli airstrike targeted the Hamas police chief for the northern Gaza Strip in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, killing him and at least four others. The identities of the additional casualties have not been disclosed. The IDF has not commented on the report.
Gazan sources reported on Saturday evening that an Israeli airstrike in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City killed at least four additional individuals, bringing the reported death toll from the strike to at least five, including the Hamas police chief for the northern Gaza Strip. The police chief, Abd al-Nasser al-Maqadma, was killed earlier in the same strike, according to earlier reports.
The Zioneer first reported the attack at 13:55 Jerusalem, when the Hamas-run Interior Ministry claimed that al-Maqadma had been killed in an airstrike. Subsequent updates at the same time identified him as the Northern District Police commander, aged 54, and noted that the strike targeted him while he was on an electric bicycle. The new reports of additional casualties emerged later in the evening, though the identities of the deceased have not been disclosed.
The strike is part of a broader pattern of Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip. As The Zioneer reported on June 6, an IDF strike killed a Hamas cell leader in southern Gaza, and multiple reports of casualties from Israeli fire have been documented throughout the month.
The IDF has not commented on the strike or the reported additional casualties. The claims remain unverified by Israeli sources, and the number and identities of the dead are unclear.
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