Israel says killed Turkish NGO director in Gaza strike

Mourners carry the remains of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes during the war with Hamas after they were recovered from the rubble, during their funeral in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip, September 29, 2026.] JEHAD ALSHRAFI / AP PHOTO/JEHAD ALSHRAFI The Israeli military said on Sunday, October 4, that it killed the director of a Turkish NGO in a strike, accusing him of being a member of Hamas's armed wing. The military said he maintained contact with Turkish officials and Hamas leaders. "Earlier on Sunday, the IDF conducted a strike in the Khan Yunis area of the Gaza Strip and eliminated the terrorist Saqr Nabil Musa Qaisi, a member of the Nukhba elite force of the Hamas terrorist organization," the statement said. "The terrorist headed the Turkish organization Deniz Feneri, presented as a humanitarian aid association but which, in reality, maintains ties with senior leaders of the Hamas terrorist organization as well as with officials within the Turkish leadership." Read more Subscribers only 'Factory of targets' and 'collateral damage': Israeli soldiers describe Gaza methods Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah had earlier announced the death of Qaisi, who led the Turkish humanitarian organisation Deniz Feneri, in a strike on a vehicle in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli army alleged that "in the course of his duties with the association, the terrorist worked to regularly employ numerous terrorists," without providing evidence, calling it a "cynical exploitation of the humanitarian sector." In a separate statement, the army said it had killed a commander of Hamas's armed wing in another strike in the Khan Yunis area. Read more Subscribers only Soldier testimony sheds light on how Israel wages information war Le Monde with AFP