The Israeli agencies said Hamas's internal security body collected intelligence for senior leaders, informed their decisions and assisted the preparation and execution of attacks against Israel. Those descriptions and Ladawi's alleged role were Israeli military claims; the supplied evidence did not include an independent confirmation or a response from Hamas.
The IDF said it used precision-guided weapons and aerial surveillance as precautions intended to limit harm to civilians. It did not provide casualty information beyond Ladawi's reported death in the supplied account. Israeli troops under Southern Command remained in the area under the ceasefire agreement, the military said, and would act against threats it considered immediate.
Israel separately announced that two other commanders were killed in weekend air strikes in Gaza. It identified Amro Abu Alrish as a Nukhba operative in the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. According to the IDF, Abu Alrish participated in handing over an Israeli hostage held by the group, fought Israeli troops during the war, trained Nukhba members and recently worked to rebuild Islamic Jihad and prepare further attacks.
The second man was named as Abd Al-Nasser Al-Aziz Maqadmeh. Israel described him as both a Hamas police commander who also served as a military-wing deputy platoon commander. The military alleged that Maqadmeh had promoted attacks targeting soldiers and Israeli civilians. The evidence packet did not offer confirmation from the organisations concerned.
Alongside the targeted-strike announcements, the IDF reported continuing ground operations in northern Gaza, east of the ceasefire line. It said the Northern Gaza Brigade and the Yahalom combat engineering unit were removing militant infrastructure. Troops destroyed an underground passage hundreds of metres long as part of efforts to dismantle Hamas's tunnel network, according to the military.
All three reported killings came from statements by Israeli authorities. The accounts set out the identities, alleged affiliations and reasons Israel gave for targeting the men, but did not include independent evidence about their roles or information about other people affected by the strikes.
The operations also occurred within a declared ceasefire framework. Israel said its forces were deployed consistently with that agreement and characterised the strikes as responses to security threats. The reported use of air power and continuing tunnel-clearance work showed that Israeli military activity in Gaza persisted despite the ceasefire.
