Israeli Drone Strikes Kill Two in Khan Younis and Gaza City, Including Police Colonel

Israeli drone strikes killed two Palestinians in separate incidents across Gaza on Thursday, August 13, 2026, in the second day of renewed strikes after a weeklong pause. In Khan Younis, a drone struck a motorcycle carrying two people in the al-Amal neighborhood, killing Huthaifa Kawari and critically wounding another; the IDF claimed, without providing evidence, that Kawari was a 'company commander' in Hamas's military wing planning attacks on Israeli troops. Separately, a drone fired three missiles at a vehicle on al-Rashid Street in the Sheikh Ajleen neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City, killing Colonel Jamal Abu Kamil, 43, head of Gaza's civil police force, and wounding two others. Gaza's Ministry of Interior said Abu Kamil 'was assassinated' and that he 'committed to his police duties and has no connection to other activities'; the Israeli military said it targeted him to 'remove a threat,' again alleging a Hamas commander role without evidence. The post-ceasefire death toll reached approximately 1,260.