{
  "id": 35414,
  "title": "Israeli forces claim Hamas commanders killed in Gaza",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/israeli-forces-claim-hamas-commanders-killed-in-gaza",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-02T06:55:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-claim-hamas-commanders-killed-gaza"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Israeli military has claimed that two Hamas commanders were killed in air strikes in Gaza on Friday and Saturday. Salem Jamal Abd al-Rahman Abu Labad, a cell commander in Hamas's Nukhba special forces, was killed in southern Gaza on Saturday, according to the Israeli military. Abu Labad was said to have taken part in the October 2023 attack.\n\nIn a separate air strike in central Gaza on Friday, Muhammad Abd al-Nasser Muhammad Khatib, a commander in Hamas's Maghazi Battalion, was also killed, the Israeli military said.\n\nAt least four Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Sunday, with Palestinian health officials reporting separate strikes in Gaza City and Deir al-Balah.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Israeli strikes kill nine in Gaza, Israeli minister says no deal to halt attacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/israeli-strikes-kill-nine-in-gaza-israeli-minister-says-no-deal-to",
        "published": "2026-08-02T00:46:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}