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IDF targets Hamas commanders in Gaza, Palestinian sources say nine killed in strikes

The IDF said that it targeted two Hamas commanders in separate strikes against the Nuseirat and Tuffah areas in Gaza, with one of them having participated in the October 7th Massacre.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
(FILE PHOTO) A Palestinian man inspects the site of Wednesday's Israeli strike on a house whose residents were pre-warned by the Israeli military to evacuate, in Gaza City, July 30, 2026.
A woman walks past a mural depicting football player Lamine Yamal waving a Palestinian flag during the Catalans' title parade, painted by Palestinian artists on the rubble of buildings destroyed during the war, at Shati (Beach) refugee camp in Gaza City on May 13, 2026.

Hamas dissolution of Gaza government is a trick to keep weapons, expert warns

"The bottom line is that this is pulling the wool over everyone's eyes. There is nothing real here, especially for us," says Dr. Moshe Elad.

|By103FM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir attend the graduation ceremony of an IDF officers’ course in southern Israel, June 25, 2026.

Netanyahu criticizes Gantz and Eisenkot over wartime decisions, Lebanon deal

He later criticized the maritime border agreement with Lebanon, which was signed under the government of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid.

|ByANNA BARSKY
The IDF and Shin Bet eliminated Walid Haniyeh - Deputy Commander of a Nukhba company.

WATCH: IDF killed Walid Haniyeh, nephew of former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, military says

Haniyeh was the deputy commander of a Nukhba company, which was in charge of the infiltration of Israel during the October 7 attacks.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Senior Hamas official: We don’t want another war with Israel

He denied that Hamas and other Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip would hold another round of talks in Cairo to discuss Palestinian “national reconciliation” and a truce with Israel.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Hamas militants attend the funeral of members of Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip March 22, 2018.

After Hamas: Why Israel fears a power vacuum in Gaza

At this stage, it appears that Israel prefers to tolerate the proverbial devil it knows.

JULY 17, 2018ByJINITZAIL HERNANDEZ/THE MEDIA LINE
Palestinian protesters carry tires to burn them during clashes with Israeli troops at Israel-Gaza border, in the southern Gaza Strip April 5, 2018.

A sense of victory by both Hamas and Israel: A recipe for escalation in Gaza?

Seven tips for how Israel can improve its position amid turbulence on the Gaza border.

APRIL 12, 2018ByMAJ.-GEN. (RET.) AMOS YADLIN
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (left) and Gaza protesters flashing the victory sign

West playing its part in Hamas propaganda war

Such is the calculus of Hamas. Like all autocracies it views its people as wholly dispensable, fodder on the path to a glorious victory.

APRIL 9, 2018ByALEX RYVCHIN
PALESTINIANS ATTEND a massive protest in Gaza on Friday.

In first round of Gaza face off, both sides test the limits

Both sides can be satisfied: Israel prevented a border breach, while Hamas showed off its power to rally the people of Gaza.

APRIL 1, 2018ByALON BEN-DAVID
Palestinians take cover from Israeli snipers during clashes at the Gaza-Israel border at a protest in the southern Gaza Strip March 31, 2018

17 dead, over a thousand injured after Palestinians clash with IDF on Gaza border

20,000 men, women and children attended Friday's Land Day protests.

MARCH 30, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
A wounded Palestinian woman is evacuated during clashes with Israeli troops, during a tent city protest along the Israel border with Gaza, demanding the right to return to their homeland, the southern Gaza Strip March 30, 2018.

Qatar says Gaza aid spares Israel war, shows Doha does not back Hamas

"If we are helping Hamas, do you think the Israelis (would) allow us to go inside and come out?"

FEBRUARY 22, 2018ByREUTERS
Palestinains take part in a protest against aid cuts, outside the United Nations’ offices in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Report: Hamas believes war with Israel will break out in the coming days

The report claims a potential war would involve Israeli combat units across ground, naval and air forces.

FEBRUARY 4, 2018ByJULIANE HELMHOLD, AVRAHAM GOLD
A Palestinian boy plays at a house that witnesses said was destroyed during Operation Protective Edge in the east of Gaza City

Gazan family executes relative suspected of collaborating with Israel

Hamas praised the killing as illustrating the family's "nobleness and deep affiliation with the (anti-Israel) resistance."

JANUARY 19, 2018ByADAM RASGON
Smoke rises following what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike in Gaza August 21, 2014.

Spokesman: Senior Hamas official shot in the head

Imad al-Alami is in critical condition.

JANUARY 9, 2018ByADAM RASGON
Imad al-Alami, talks to journalists at a press conference held in the southern suburbs of Beirut in 1999.