Morning update:

Good morning Middle East Eye readers, here are the latest updates:

• Hamas's Gaza Chief, Khalil al-Hayya confirmed that the group's senior commander Raad Saad was among the five people killed in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle near Gaza City. Saad's killing is the highest profile assassination targeting the group since the ceasefire was implemented in October.

• Gaza's health ministry also reported that a senior Hamas internal security officer, Ahmed Zamzam, was shot and killed in central Gaza's Maghazi refugee camp this morning. The statement says the officer was killed by “armed [people],” but does not identify them.

• Meanwhile, Israeli forces launched air strikes across Gaza, targeting Rafah and Khan Younis in the south.

• In the occupied West Bank,  Israeli forces shot and wounded a young Palestinian man in the city of Hebron, Wafa news agency is reporting. Palestinian security sources reported that Israeli soldiers opened fire at the victim, striking him in the head and leaving him to bleed on the spot.

• Israeli forces also closed all the main entrances to the city, detaining at least 25 Palestinians in raids on the city and the nearby town of Halhul, according to Wafa.

• A Palestinian detainee, Sakhr Ahmad Zaoul, has died in Israeli Ofer Prison, Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups are reporting. According to the report, 26-year-old Zaoul was held under administrative detention at the facility, without charges or trial, since 11 June 2025.