From the Liveblog of
Friday, August 29, 2025
IDF says its strike killed highest-ranking ISIS official in Gaza
Stav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel
The IDF announces that it has eliminated the highest-ranking ISIS official in the Gaza Strip, Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abu Zubaida, in a strike carried out over the past week in the Al-Bureij area of central Gaza.
According to the IDF, the strike was carried out using aerial assets under the direction of the Southern Command and guidance from the Military Intelligence Directorate.
Abu Zubaida served as the head of ISIS’s Palestine District and was responsible for the policy, planning and implementing the group’s operations in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula.
The military says the organization has actively engaged in combat against IDF forces and facilitated the transfer of weapons and terror funding from the West Bank into Gaza.
The Times of Israel Community.