{"id":43109,"date":"2026-01-15T23:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/war-in-ukraine\/israeli-strikes-in-gaza-field-commanders-and-senior-hamas-officials-killed\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T23:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:31:24","slug":"israeli-strikes-in-gaza-field-commanders-and-senior-hamas-officials-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/war-in-ukraine\/israeli-strikes-in-gaza-field-commanders-and-senior-hamas-officials-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli strikes in Gaza: field commanders and senior Hamas officials killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have killed at least 10 people, including senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad officials. This happened against the backdrop of a fragile truce that has been in effect since October 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.unn.ua%2Fimg%2F2025%2F05%2F18%2F1747592066-4244-large.webp&amp;w=720&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Israeli strikes in Gaza: field commanders and senior Hamas officials killed\"\/><\/p>\n<p>At least 10 people were killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Thursday. According to local sources and medics, among the dead were high-ranking representatives of the armed wings of the radical groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. This was reported by Reuters, writes UNN.<\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<p>In Nuseirat, Ashraf Al-Khatib, described as a high-ranking Islamic Jihad operative, was killed in the attack. Hamas sources also confirmed the death of local commander Mohammed Al-Kholi in Deir al-Balah. In addition, a Hamas police officer was killed in Gaza City.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas to dissolve government in Gaza Strip after transfer of power to new body &#8211; Euronews12.01.26, 10:36 \u2022 4626 views<\/p>\n<p>These strikes come against the backdrop of a fragile ceasefire, which has been officially in effect since October 2025. However, since its entry into force, more than 400 Palestinians and three Israeli servicemen have been killed.<\/p>\n<h2>Humanitarian situation and civilian casualties<\/h2>\n<p>The UN Children&#039;s Fund (UNICEF) reported a critical situation: since the beginning of the truce in Gaza, more than 100 children have died, many of whom were victims of drone and quadcopter strikes. Almost the entire 2-million population of the enclave is forced to live in ruins or temporary tents.<\/p>\n<p>Total casualties since the beginning of Israel&#039;s large-scale operation, launched in response to the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, have reached 71,000 people. A significant part of the Gaza Strip has been turned into ruins, and Israeli troops currently control more than half of the enclave. <\/p>\n<p>Trump&#039;s plan for peace in Gaza: US announced transition to second phase14.01.26, 20:17 \u2022 3894 views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have killed at least 10 people, including senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad officials. This happened against the backdrop of a fragile truce that has been in effect since October 2025. At least 10 people were killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Thursday. According to local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-43109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-war-in-ukraine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}