{"id":8085,"date":"2026-07-25T21:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/head-of-hamas-led-police-in-northern-gaza-killed-by-israeli-strike\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T21:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:39:08","slug":"head-of-hamas-led-police-in-northern-gaza-killed-by-israeli-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/head-of-hamas-led-police-in-northern-gaza-killed-by-israeli-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of Hamas-led police in northern Gaza killed by Israeli strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Four other Palestinians were also killed by Israeli air strikes, and a policeman died from wounds sustained last week.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The head of the Hamas-led police force in northern Gaza has been killed by an Israeli air strike, while other attacks have claimed the lives of five more Palestinians, the Hamas-run interior ministry and medics said.<\/p>\n<p>Brigadier-General Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, who also served as governor of northern Gaza, was targeted in the Sheikh Radwan area north of Gaza City on Saturday. The Israeli military said he had also been a member of the military wing of Hamas.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/22\/key-takeaways-from-khalil-al-hayyas-first-speech-as-hamas-leader\">Key takeaways from Khalil al-Hayya\u2019s first speech as Hamas leader<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/7\/24\/israel-raids-hospital-shuts-off-nablus-following-deadly-settler-attack\">Israel raids hospital, shuts off Nablus following deadly settler attack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/25\/israel-arrests-dozens-of-palestinians-in-west-bank-amid-settler-attacks\">Israel arrests dozens of Palestinians in West Bank amid settler attacks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Israeli strikes also killed a Palestinian medic in the Nuseirat refugee camp, and two people in a house <span>in Khan Younis. Israel\u2019s military said the <\/span>house<span> was <\/span>attacked<span> to target a <\/span>member<span> of the Islamic Jihad group<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Later on Saturday, another air strike on Khan Younis killed high school student Khaled Al-Breim. <\/span>Relatives said he was killed as he sought to bring \u2060sweets to distribute to relatives and friends who had flocked into his family home to offer their congratulations as he had just concluded high school and was preparing for university.<\/p>\n<p>A sixth death was a policeman who was wounded by an Israeli strike last week and died from his injuries on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, Israel has killed dozens of members of the Hamas-led police force, alleging that many were tied to Hamas\u2019 armed wing and represented an active threat.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas accuses Israel of deliberately targeting the force to destabilise the enclave, calling it a further breach of the US-brokered ceasefire reached in October.<\/p>\n<p>The ceasefire deal has been mostly ignored by Israel. Since the truce agreement was signed, Israeli attacks have killed more than 1,180 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to Gaza\u2019s health ministry. Over the same period, four Israeli soldiers have been killed in attacks in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four other Palestinians were also killed by Israeli air strikes, and a policeman died from wounds sustained last week. 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