Israel Kills Hamas Police Chief in Northern Gaza as Ceasefire Collapses

Israeli air strikes killed Brigadier-General Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, head of Hamas-led police in northern Gaza and governor of the region, along with five other Palestinians including a high school student and a medic. The ongoing Israeli campaign against Hamas leadership and infrastructure signals the continued dismantling of governing structures in Gaza, with a US-brokered ceasefire effectively abandoned as over 1,180 Palestinians have been killed since the truce was signed. Scripture describes the final days as marked by unceasing conflict centred on the land of Israel and surrounding peoples, with Gaza specifically named in prophetic judgment passages such as Amos 1:7 and Zephaniah 2:4.