# Israeli strikes in Gaza kill three named Hamas and Islamic Jihad security figures

*Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 6:09 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-10-27T06:09:34.554Z (2h ago)
**Category**: conflict | **Region**: Middle East
**Importance**: 7/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed three Palestinians identified by both sides as holding security roles with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Alaa Abu Zaid, Hamdan Suleiman Ibrahim Abu Amra, and Fawzi Salam Odat Allah Sawarha.

Recent Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed three Palestinians who held security roles in Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, removing named figures from the armed groups’ ranks.

According to reports from both sides, the dead are Alaa Abu Zaid and Hamdan Suleiman Ibrahim Abu Amra, described as Islamic Jihad commanders, and Fawzi Salam Odat Allah Sawarha. The fact that their names have been publicized by both the Palestinian organizations and Israel underlines that they are considered significant operatives.

These killings form part of an ongoing series of strikes in Gaza aimed at individuals with security and command responsibilities inside Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The operations focus on people viewed as important to how the groups plan and execute attacks.

For Gaza’s population, such targeted strikes raise the risk of blast damage and casualties around the locations where commanders live or work, even when the primary target is a specific militant figure.

Within the armed factions, the deaths of Abu Zaid, Abu Amra, and Sawarha may force shifts in responsibilities and replacement of field and mid-level leaders. History in Gaza shows that these groups often move other members into vacant roles.

Observers will now be watching for any claimed retaliatory fire from Gaza, public funerals that indicate the local standing of the dead men, and Israeli statements describing the roles they were believed to have played inside Hamas and Islamic Jihad.