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Gaza police chief killed in IDF strike in Gaza City, Hamas says

By Nurit Yohanan 13 August 2026, 6:23 pm
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Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

The Hamas-run Interior Ministry announces that Gaza police chief Jamal Abu Kamil was killed in an IDF strike targeting his vehicle a short while ago in Gaza City.

Earlier, media outlets in Gaza reported that the IDF had struck a vehicle in the city.

The reported strike is the second today, following an IDF strike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza targeting a Hamas company commander. A weeklong lull in such strikes ended yesterday, amid discussions over a US-backed roadmap for Hamas’s disarmament and the gradual withdrawal of the IDF from the territory.

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