### [2026-09-17](/feed/2026/09/17/index.md) ##### Middle Eastern crisis # Lt. Col. "Aleph", the chief police officer in the Southern Command's Gaza Division, is dismissed following his role in the failures leading to the Hamas-led October 7 attacks on Israel. ### Sources: 1. [The Times of Israel](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/chief-intel-officer-of-gaza-division-on-october-7-formally-dismissed-from-the-idf/) ### Changes: 1. Lt. Col. “Aleph”, chief police officer in the Southern Command's Gaza Division, is dismissed following his role in the failures leading to the Hamas-led October 7 attacks on Israel. _2026-09-18 04:07:58 (First version)_ 1. Lt. Col. "Aleph", the chief police officer in the Southern Command's Gaza Division, is dismissed following his role in the failures leading to the Hamas-led October 7 attacks on Israel. _(Current version)_ ### Related: 1. [Four people are killed in Israeli strikes during a ground operation in Gaza. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israeli forces captured a senior Hamas internal security official in the operation. ](/feed/2026/09/1/four-people-are-killed-in-israeli-strikes-during-a-ground-operation-in-gaza-israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-s.md) _Context: Hamas, Israeli, Middle Eastern crisis_ 2. [Israel strikes the Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in the Deir al-Balah area of the Gaza Strip, killing three people, in violation of the October 2025 ceasefire. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that they targeted a Hamas commander who, according to it, was hiding within the compound of the hospital. ](/feed/2026/08/29/israel-strikes-the-shuhada-al-aqsa-hospital-in-the-deir-al-balah-area-of-the-gaza-strip-killing-three-people-in-violat.md) _Context: Hamas, Israeli, Middle Eastern crisis_ 3. [The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet announces that they have killed three Hamas militants in the northern Gaza Strip, including one in the Hamas military wing that took part in the October 7 attacks on Israel. ](/feed/2026/07/22/the-israel-defense-forces-and-shin-bet-announces-that-they-have-killed-three-hamas-militants-in-the-northern-gaza-strip.md) _Context: Hamas, Israeli, Middle Eastern crisis, October 7 attacks_ 4. [Israel's military claims to have killed a militant from the Hamas branch Al-Qassam Brigades that participated in the abduction of soldiers Col. Asaf Hamami, St.-Sgt. Tomer Yaakov Ahimas, and Sgt. Kiril Brodski during the October 7 attacks on the Nirim kibbutz. ](/feed/2026/07/15/israel-s-military-claims-to-have-killed-a-militant-from-the-hamas-branch-al-qassam-brigades-that-participated-in-the-abd.md) _Context: Hamas, Israeli, Middle Eastern crisis, October 7 attacks_ 5. [Israel says its military has killed Mansour Sami Mahmoud Shahtout, a Hamas naval police commander who ran the Central Camps and took part in the October 7 attacks, in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip. ](/feed/2026/06/28/israel-says-its-military-has-killed-mansour-sami-mahmoud-shahtout-a-hamas-naval-police-commander-who-ran-the-central-ca.md) _Context: Hamas, Middle Eastern crisis, October 7 attacks_ 6. [The Israeli military announces that it has killed Hamas militant Akram Muhammad Mahmoud Abu Machi, who took part in the October 7 attacks on Israel, during an airstrike in southern Gaza. ](/feed/2026/06/24/the-israeli-military-announces-that-it-has-killed-hamas-militant-akram-muhammad-mahmoud-abu-machi-who-took-part-in-the.md) _Context: Hamas, Israeli, Middle Eastern crisis, October 7 attacks_ 7. [The Israel Defense Forces says that they have killed two Hamas militants who allegedly took part in the October 7 attacks on Israel over the weekend in a airstrike in the central Gaza Strip. ](/feed/2026/06/17/the-israel-defense-forces-says-that-they-have-killed-two-hamas-militants-who-allegedly-took-part-in-the-october-7-attack.md) _Context: Hamas, Israeli, Middle Eastern crisis, October 7 attacks_ 8. [The Israeli military confirms that Al-Qassam Brigades commander and Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Izz al-Din al-Haddad, dubbed as one of the architects behind the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel, was killed yesterday in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. Hamas also confirms his killing, and that his wife and daughter were also killed in the airstrike. ](/feed/2026/05/16/the-israeli-military-confirms-that-al-qassam-brigades-commander-and-hamas-leader-in-the-gaza-strip-izz-al-din-al-haddad.md) _Context: Hamas, Israeli, Middle Eastern crisis, October 7 attacks_ 9. [A new 300-page report by the Israeli non-profit organization Civil Commission claims that Hamas engaged in sexual violence and rape during the October 7 attacks on Israel. ](/feed/2026/05/12/a-new-300-page-report-by-the-israeli-non-profit-organization-civil-commission-claims-that-hamas-engaged-in-sexual-violen.md) _Context: Hamas, Israeli, Middle Eastern crisis, October 7 attacks_ 10. [Israeli forces in Gaza recover the bodies of three hostages who were abducted by the Palestinian militant group Hamas during the October 7 attacks. Fifty hostages remain in Gaza, of which 20 are thought to remain alive. ](/feed/2025/06/22/israeli-forces-in-gaza-recover-the-bodies-of-three-hostages-who-were-abducted-by-the-palestinian-militant-group-hamas-du.md) _Context: Hamas, Israeli, Middle Eastern crisis, October 7 attacks_