### [2026-07-21](/feed/2026/07/21/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet states that senior Hamas Gaza City Brigade commander Adham Ibrahim Shaaban Nasman, who was involved in directing the October 7 attacks and taking hostages, has been killed in a Israeli airstrike in Gaza City last weekend, despite the ongoing ceasefire. 




### Sources:

1. [The Times of Israel](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hamas-commander-who-led-gaza-city-brigades-oct-7-invasion-held-hostages-is-killed-in-gaza-strike/)

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