Israeli military reports killing of Hamas commander

Israel's army says it has killed Hamas commander Muhammad Hamad Muhammad Gabain, who is said to have held up to nine hostages in the Gaza Strip during the war, including German-Israelis. The commander was fatally hit in an attack in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to a joint statement from the military and the domestic intelligence service Shin Bet.

The Israeli military also reported the death of another hostage taker on Sunday morning. He is also said to have been involved in the kidnapping of Israelis in the Gaza Strip. Saher Saker was killed on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat in the center of the coastal strip, the Al-Aqsa Hospital in the Gaza Strip also said. Three other people were injured. Circles within the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas also said that Saker was involved in the hostage-taking almost three years ago.

In the past few days, additional Hamas fighters have been killed in the Gaza Strip, as the Israeli military announced on the “X” platform.

There has actually been a ceasefire in Gaza since October 2025; But there are always fatal attacks. Recently, Israel increased its air strikes again and, according to the military, deliberately killed high-ranking members of the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas.

On October 7, 2023, fighters from Hamas and other extremist organizations killed around 1,200 people in Israel and kidnapped more than 250 others as hostages to Gaza. The unprecedented attack sparked the Gaza War. Since then, more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas-controlled health authority.