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Sunday, February 15, 2026
Senior Islamic Jihad commander said among those killed in Gaza City strikes
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn Israeli airstrike on western Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa, in the Strip’s north, has reportedly killed a senior commander in al-Quds Brigades, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s military wing, and wounded several other people.
Palestinian media, including the PIJ-affiliated Palestine Today channel, identifies the commander as Sami al-Dahdouh, 56.
صورة | القيادي في سرايا القدس الشهيد سامي الدحدوح الذي اغتاله الاحتلال بقصف استهدفه في مدينة غزة. pic.twitter.com/34ognHUFKi
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Dahdouh’s three brothers, including former Quds Brigades commander Khaled Dahdouh, were reportedly killed by Israel in separate strikes in Gaza some two decades ago.
Palestinian media puts the total death toll from Israeli airstrikes since dawn at eleven, with five people killed in an IDF strike near southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, four in a strike on a displaced people’s camp in northern Gaza’s Jabalia and another by IDF gunfire in nearby Beit Lahiya.
Other than Dahdouh, those killed are not immediately identified in major Palestinian outlets.
The IDF has not commented on the strikes, which came after the military said five gunmen approached troops on the Israeli side of the Gaza ceasefire line last night in “blatant violation” of the ceasefire.
The Times of Israel Community.