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North Gaza police chief killed
An Israeli airstrike killed Brig. Gen. Abdul Nasser Mohammed al-Maqdama, 54, the police chief of the North Gaza Governorate, after it targeted the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northwestern Gaza City on Saturday.
“Gaza: 2 Palestinians killed and at least 14 injured in Israeli attacks despite the ceasefire”
The Interior Ministry in the enclave said in a statement that al-Maqdama was killed after being targeted by Israeli aircraft, while Gaza Civil Defense said a drone fired a missile at him as he rode a bicycle.
In the same period, medics said an Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian medic in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, and medical sources said Israeli airstrikes also killed two people inside a house in Khan Younis in the southern Strip.
Anadolu Ajansı reported that the Gaza Health Ministry said Israeli ceasefire violations have killed 1,191 Palestinians and wounded 3,853 Palestinians since October 2025, while it also said the attacks were carried out despite the ceasefire agreement in effect since October 10, 2025.
The death toll for Saturday’s strikes was described differently across outlets, with Al-Sharq للأخبار saying it rose to at least six and Sky News Arabia saying five people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, including al-Muqaddama.
Hamas, Israel, and mediation
Hamas said Israeli attacks on the police force and its stations aim to sow chaos and insecurity in the Gaza Strip and constitute a violation of the ceasefire brokered by the United States in October.
Kalpona Akter is not in these sources; instead, the reporting quoted Hamas’s position through the Interior Ministry and framed the targeting of police as a bid to spread chaos, while the Israeli army said al-Muqaddama belonged to Hamas’s armed wing.
Sky News Arabia reported that the Israeli army said al-Muqaddama belonged to Hamas’s armed wing, while it also said Hamas says the attacks on the police force and its stations aim to sow chaos and insecurity and constitute a violation of the ceasefire.
The Anadolu Ajansı report said the Gaza Interior Ministry stated that al-Maqadma was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting Sheikh Radwan, and it added that witnesses told Anadolu that an Israeli drone struck a bicycle near the Al-Ghazali intersection.
Both outlets tied the violence to the ceasefire’s limits, with Al-Sharq للأخبار saying the ceasefire agreement reached in October largely ended Israel's war on Gaza but did not stop the nearly daily Israeli army airstrikes, and with Sky News Arabia saying Hamas says the attacks violate the ceasefire brokered by the United States in October.
Humanitarian stakes and next steps
As the fighting continued, i24NEWS said Egypt is working with the United States and several regional partners to accelerate the deployment of an International Stabilization Force (ISF) in the Gaza Strip, with the objective to prevent a collapse of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and to prepare the establishment of post-war governance.
“Photo: The consequences of the Israeli bombardment of a building on Al-Jalaa Street, downtown Gaza, on the night of July 23, 2026 © Quds News Network”
i24NEWS reported that Cairo believes the force would help establish a new security reality in the territory while supporting the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, led by Palestinian technocrat Ali Shaath, and that discussions also included creating a pilot zone in Rafah.
The same i24NEWS report said the deployment of this force remains contingent on the disarmament of Hamas, as provided for in the ceasefire agreement reached with Israel in October, and it added that Hamas has given no sign of wanting to hand over its arms.
France Palestine Solidarité reported that Israel issued evacuation orders for several areas of Gaza before bombarding the Palestinian territory, killing at least two people, and it included Al Jazeera journalist Ibrahim al-Khalili saying: "What is particularly alarming is that these warnings were followed by attacks against the very areas from which the residents had received the order to flee."
It also cited the World Food Programme’s warning that about 1.4 million people, or 67% of Gaza's population, could face acute food insecurity at a critical or worse level by year’s end, while it quoted Ross Smith saying: "The humanitarian situation remains critical and desperate," as humanitarian organizations reduce aid flows due to funding shortages.
