Israel Captures Hamas Chief in Gaza Raid, 4 Killed — SkimNews
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- Israeli special forces, operating jointly with Shin Bet, captured Hamas's internal security service chief in a Gaza City raid, with Netanyahu praising the operation and saying the militant was responsible for concealing and transporting hostages from the Oct. 7, 2023 attack.
- The Hamas-run Gaza interior ministry identified the captured officer as Moin Al-Arabeed, and said his wife was killed and some of his children were injured during the operation.
- Israeli air strikes carried out to protect the troops fired at least 12 missiles near the Katiba area in west Gaza City, killing at least four people including two children and wounding several others, witnesses and medics said.
- The broader Palestinian death toll reached six on Tuesday after a child was killed by Israeli fire in central Gaza and a civil defence member was killed in an Israeli strike on Jabalia.
- The October 2025 US-backed ceasefire has not halted Israeli strikes, with more than 1,300 Palestinians killed in Gaza since it took effect, while the Israeli military says four of its soldiers have been killed in militant attacks during the same period.
- Hamas said it contacted mediators and Trump's Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov, warning that Israeli attacks are undermining the ceasefire agreement and calling on them to pressure Israel.
Why it matters: The raid exposes the fragility of the US-backed ceasefire that took effect in October 2025: more than 1,300 Palestinians have been killed since, versus four Israeli soldiers. Hamas's direct appeal to Trump's envoy signals that the mediation channel, not the battlefield, is now where leverage gets applied, even as Netanyahu frames the operation as a hostage-recovery win.
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