An Israeli airstrike in the Sheikh Radwan district north of Gaza City on Saturday killed Brigadier-General Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, identified by medics and the Hamas-run interior ministry as the head of the Hamas-led police force in the northern Gaza Strip.
The interior ministry and medical sources also described Maqadma as the governor of the northern Gaza Strip. Their statements said the strike that took his life occurred in Sheikh Radwan, an area immediately north of Gaza City.
In separate incidents on the same day, medics reported that an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza killed a Palestinian medic. Medical sources added that a police officer who had been wounded by an Israeli airstrike last week died on Saturday.
The Israeli military did not immediately issue a comment on any of the reported incidents.
These reported deaths add to a pattern of targeted strikes against members of the Hamas-run police force. Israeli authorities have killed dozens of officers from that force in recent months, including senior figures, saying many were members of the Hamas armed wing and posed imminent threats to Israeli forces operating inside Gaza. Hamas has repeatedly condemned attacks on its police force and headquarters, saying such strikes aim to create chaos and anarchy in the enclave and violate the U.S.-brokered October ceasefire.
Health officials in Gaza say that since the October ceasefire took effect, Israeli attacks have killed more than 1,180 Palestinians, mostly civilians. The truce ended full-scale fighting but has not stopped near-daily Israeli strikes, according to reporting from Gaza health authorities. Over the same period, militants in Gaza have killed four Israeli soldiers, the reporting said.
Diplomatic efforts to convert the ceasefire into a more lasting settlement have shown little movement. Mediators named as involved include Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the United States, all of whom have been trying to advance a plan put forward by U.S. President Donald Trump. That plan calls for the disarmament of Hamas and Israeli withdrawals, but officials and mediators have reported little sign of progress in implementing those steps.
The account of the broader conflict in the reporting reiterates that Hamas-led fighters carried out an attack on southern Israel that killed 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. Israeli operations that followed have, according to Gaza health officials, killed more than 73,000 Palestinians. The reporting states that Israel effectively controls an estimated 64% of the Gaza Strip, which has been heavily damaged during what it describes as a two-year military assault following the 2023 attack on southern Israel.
Almost the entire population of Gaza - roughly 2 million people - now live on a reduced area of the territory. The reporting says most civilians reside in makeshift tents or damaged buildings, facing dire conditions under Hamas control.
Notes on sourcing and information limits: the figures cited for casualties and territorial control are drawn from Gaza health officials and statements by the parties referenced. The reporting also notes that Hamas does not usually disclose its own losses, which may limit independent verification of some figures.