Top commander in Hamas naval police, Oct. 7 terrorist killed in recent strikes - IDF

Key Points:

• The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the killing of four Hamas terrorists in recent strikes in Gaza, including Mansour Sami Mahmoud Shahtout, commander of Hamas’s naval police in the Central Camps, along with two other naval police commanders.
• Abd al-Rahman Maher Abd al-Karim Ziyada, a commander of a Nukhba Force cell who participated in the October 7 attack and was seen celebrating with captured Israeli military equipment, was killed in a strike in Gaza City’s Shati Camp.
• Kamal Muhammad Hamdan Najar, head of Hamas’s tunnel unit in Khan Younis, was also killed in a targeted strike, with the IDF stating both he and Ziyada posed immediate threats to Israeli forces.
• The IDF continues near-daily operations against Hamas operatives despite a ceasefire in October 2025, having killed over 1,030 people in Gaza since then, according to Hamas-run health authorities, while protests against Hamas have occurred within the enclave.
• The ongoing strikes are part of Israel’s efforts to target terrorists involved in the October 7, 2023, attack, which resulted in over 1,200 deaths and 251 hostages, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas persists.