Palestinian Islamic Jihad

WATCH: IDF kills Hamas commander in Gaza who infiltrated Israel on October 7

In addition, the IDF killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad observation platoon commander Hamdi Ahmad Hamid Kahlil in a separate strike in Gaza's Sabra area, the military added.

 A smoke plume billows during an Israeli strike on an industrial area in Gaza City on July 12, 2026. Gaza's civil defence and hospitals said an Israeli drone strike and gunfire killed five people and injured several others on July 12.
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.

As Trump pushes for peace, Netanyahu is curbing IDF strikes in Gaza - analysis

Officers of the Nachal brigade train with Israeli soldiers from the Oketz unit in an urban warfare, at the mock village of El Poran, in northern Golan Heights.

WATCH: IDF paratroopers and K9 unit discover, destroy rocket-filled tunnel in southern Gaza

Illustrative: Black smoke rises at night after a residential block was targeted west of the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 15, 2026.

All Israeli strikes in Gaza to require IDF chief Zamir's approval as military tightens policies


Qatar, Egypt, Turkey condemn Israeli military action in Gaza, say it undermines path to peace

On Friday US President Donald Trump announced that the Board of Peace had reached an agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza.

The  inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, US, February 19, 2026.

New IAM investigation claims B'Tselem report ‘demonizes Israel by rebranding terrorists as minors’

According to the IAM investigation, B'Tselem's report contained internal discrepancies in which its text conflicted with its own data charts.

A HAMAS terrorist stands on a street during Eid al-Fitr in Gaza City.

IDF kills PIJ commander involved in Oct. 7, holding Rom Braslavski hostage

Mahmoud Fatair, a PIJ commander accused of participating in the October 7 attack and holding Israeli hostage Rom Braslavski, was killed in an IDF strike in Deir al-Balah, the IDF said.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist, Mahmoud Fatair, a Nukhba commander in the PIJ's Central Gaza Brigade who infiltrated Israel on October 7th and took part in holding Rom Braslavski hostage. August 3, 2026.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad agrees to Board of Peace's proposed Gaza disarmament deal - report

The deal, announced by Trump on Thursday night, includes the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in the Gaza Strip, which would then lead to an IDF withdrawal.

Terrorists from Palestinian Islamic Jihad stand on a street during Eid al-Adha, in Gaza City, May 27, 2026.

PA's massive military build-up in West Bank poses October 7-style threat to Israelis, report warns

Making the situation of particular concern, the report highlighted, is the fact that the Palestinian force is now armed with what is understood to be tens of thousands of weapons.

Supporters of the Palestinian Fatah movement gather with flags for a rally ahead of the sixtieth anniversary of its establishment in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank on December 31, 2024.

IDF kills two PIJ terrorists, one of whom commanded Inbar Hayman's abduction at Nova festival

Hayman was known through her graffiti art as "Pink" and "Raven," which led to the slogan "Free Pink" being used as a call for her release following the massacre.

IDF kills PIJ terrorists Salah Subhi Salah Qatrawi and Taher Ahmad Salem Abd al-Wahed, July 17, 2026.

IDF has killed at least around 420 Gazan terrorists since Oct. 2025 ceasefire, 'Post' learns

At least half of the Gazans killed in the past nine months are likely combatants.

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

IDF conducts at least four strikes in 72 hours in Gaza Strip, kills PIJ commander

Also on Wednesday, the IDF conducted a strike in northern Gaza, killing Hamas sniper Abdullah Baha al-Din Razak Al-Souti.

Local residents inspect a car that was destroyed by Israeli air strikes on July 9, 2026 in Gaza City, Gaza.

NY woman arrested for funding PIJ, wished 'every day was October 7'

According to the DOJ, Washburn made approximately 80 cryptocurrency transfers totaling about $30,116 to an account used by the alleged PIJ member. 

Washburn pictured with two hand grenades in front of Hamas flag.

'I won,' ex-hostage Rom Braslavski says after IDF kills PIJ terrorist who held him in Gaza

Braslavski posted the news on Instagram, sharing the abuse he endured by the killed terrorist and writing, "Now I can say 100% that I won."

Former hostage Rom Braslavski at the Israeli Premier League match between Maccabi Netanya and Beitar Jerusalem at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on November 30, 2025.