Gaza strikes kill three Hamas commanders, including Oct. 7 terrorist

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Saturday the elimination of three Hamas commanders in two separate airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. On July 20, Muhannad Asaad Mahmoud Abu Ghazal, a Nukhba Force cell commander who participated in the October 7, 2023, attack on Kissufim, was killed in central Gaza. In a separate strike on July 21 in the northern Strip, the IDF eliminated Raed Hani Mohammed Al-Amsi, commander of an aerial surveillance platoon, and Nabhan Mohammed Nabhan Al-Amsi, head of the Military Intelligence Desk in Hamas's Gaza Brigade. The IDF stated these individuals "operated to advance terror attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians" and were eliminated in precise strikes to remove the threat, with measures taken to reduce harm to noncombatants. These actions occur while Israeli forces remain deployed in Gaza under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that began on October 10, 2025.