The IDF conducted strikes on six targets across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, eliminating a Hamas police commander in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, according to Palestinian reports. The strikes also targeted locations in Nuseirat, Deir al-Balah, and Khan Younis. Gazan sources report 7 killed and 20 wounded.
The IDF carried out strikes on six targets across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, with Palestinian sources reporting 7 killed and 20 wounded. The strikes included the elimination of the Hamas police commander for the northern Gaza Strip, Abd al-Nasser Muhammad al-Maqadma, in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City. This latest update expands on earlier reports that focused on the targeted killing.
The initial reports emerged at 13:55 Jerusalem, when the Hamas-run Interior Ministry claimed that al-Maqadma had been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Sheikh Radwan. Within the same hour, additional details identified the commander as Abd al-Nasser Muhammad al-Maqadma (54), a senior police official equivalent to a Deputy Commissioner. The method of attack was later specified as a strike on an electric bicycle, and the toll at that stage was at least four others killed. The Zioneer reported these developments as they were received from Palestinian sources.
The Zioneer has previously reported on the IDF's ongoing campaign against Hamas and Islamic Jihad commanders in Gaza. In recent weeks, the IDF has conducted targeted strikes eliminating senior figures, as part of broader operations that also include strikes in southern Lebanon. The elimination of a senior police commander reflects the continued targeting of Hamas's security apparatus.
The IDF has not commented on the operation. The casualty figures and details of the strikes remain unverified by Israeli sources.
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