Hamas's Northern District Police commander, Abd al-Nasser al-Maqadma (54), was killed in an Israeli strike on an electric bicycle in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of northern Gaza City, according to Abu Ali Express. His rank was equivalent to a Deputy Commissioner of Police.
The Zioneer reported earlier today that Hamas's Northern District Police commander, Abd al-Nasser al-Maqadma (54), had been eliminated in an Israeli strike on an electric bicycle in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of northern Gaza City. Palestinian reports now specify that the strike was carried out on an electric bicycle, and that al-Maqadma held a rank equivalent to Deputy Commissioner of Police.
This development follows initial reports from the Hamas-run Interior Ministry, which claimed at 13:55 Jerusalem that al-Maqadma had been killed in an airstrike in the same neighborhood, but provided no details on the timing or method. By 13:57 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that the IDF had confirmed the elimination, identifying the target as the Northern District Police commander. The current briefing adds that the strike was executed on an electric bicycle — a detail that refines the initial airstrike description.
Over recent weeks, The Zioneer has documented a sustained Israeli campaign against senior Hamas police and military commanders in the Gaza Strip. These include the elimination of a Hamas naval police commander on June 28, a drone strike that killed the Rafah crossing police director on July 2, and strikes that killed battalion-level commanders in Khan Younis and Jabaliya. The targeting of al-Maqadma, a district police chief, fits this pattern of precision strikes against Hamas's internal security leadership.
No independent corroboration of the electric bicycle strike has been provided beyond the Palestinian reports cited. The precise timing of the strike and the weapon system used remain unverified.
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