Israeli airstrike kills Gaza police chief Jamal Abu Kamil on Al-Rashid Street
Gaza Interior Ministry reports the death of Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil, 43, in an Israeli airstrike targeting his vehicle
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What this story says
- Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil, 43, director of police for Gaza Governorate, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his vehicle on Al-Rashid Street in Gaza City on 13 August 2026.
- The Gaza Interior Ministry reported the death, while Anadolu Ajansı said two Palestinians, including Abu Kamil, were killed in Israeli drone strikes that day.
- Right-rated outlets led on the assassination of the police chief, while the left-rated Al-Monitor framed the strikes as the first fatalities in over a week.
- No centre-rated outlet reported the incident, and none of the right-rated digests mentioned the $70 billion reconstruction cost estimate cited by Anadolu Ajansı.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 3 of the 9 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
65/100
Craft
55/100
Hype
35/100
9 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 1 of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
An Israeli airstrike on 13 August 2026 killed Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil, the director of police for Gaza Governorate, when it hit his vehicle on Al-Rashid Street in Gaza City. The Gaza Interior Ministry said Abu Kamil, 43, was assassinated in the attack. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported recovering one body and treating several injured people from the strike.
Anadolu Ajansı reported that two Palestinians were killed in Israeli drone strikes in Gaza that day. One strike targeted an electric bike in Khan Younis, killing one person and injuring another. The second strike hit Abu Kamil’s vehicle on Al-Rashid Street, killing him and injuring two others. The Gaza Health Ministry said 1,260 Palestinians had been killed and 4,154 injured since a ceasefire began on 10 October 2025.
The Gaza Health Ministry reported that Israeli attacks since October 2023 had killed 73,389 Palestinians and injured 174,266. Anadolu Ajansı cited UN estimates that 90% of civilian infrastructure in Gaza had been damaged, with reconstruction costs estimated at $70 billion.
What the coverage left out
No centre-rated outlet ran the story. None of the right-rated digests mentioned the $70 billion reconstruction cost estimate published by Anadolu Ajansı. None of the digests from either side reported the UN’s estimate that 90% of civilian infrastructure in Gaza had been damaged.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 13 Aug 2026, 18:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How other outlets pictured it
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Israeli airstrike kills Gaza police chief Jamal Abu Kamil on Al-Rashid Street
Anadolu Ajansı — embedded from source
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
- The left-rated Al-Monitor led its digest with the strikes as the first reported fatalities in Gaza in more than a week. It described the Israeli military as having scaled back targeted attacks in the enclave under US pressure. The digest did not use the word "assassination" for Abu Kamil’s death, instead calling him a "senior police official". It carried the Gaza Health Ministry’s total death toll of 73,389 since October 2023.
Centre
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated centre has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Right
5 rated outlets
- All five right-rated digests led on the killing of Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil. Al Bawaba’s full report called it an "assassination" and said Israel had "assassinated" the police chief by bombing his vehicle. The headline read: "Israel Assassinates Gaza Police Chief by Bombing His Vehicle". Anadolu Ajansı’s full report also used the word "assassination" in its text, quoting the Gaza Interior Ministry’s statement.
- Arutz Sheva’s digest said the Israeli military had "eliminated" the "Commander of the Gaza District Police". Mehr News Agency’s digest said the Gaza Interior Ministry had "condemned the new crime of the Israeli regime in assassinating the police chief". VINnews’s digest called Abu Kamil the "director of police for Gaza Governorate" and said Palestinian officials had described the strike as an airstrike, not an assassination.
- All five right-rated digests carried the Gaza Interior Ministry’s confirmation of Abu Kamil’s death. Four of the five carried the location of the strike on Al-Rashid Street. None of the right-rated digests mentioned the $70 billion reconstruction cost estimate cited by Anadolu Ajansı.
Read it at the source
9 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Right
5- Israel Assassinates Gaza Police Chief by Bombing His Vehicle (opens Al Bawaba in a new tab)
- Footage from the scene: Gaza District Police Chief eliminated in strike on vehicle (opens Arutz Sheva in a new tab)
Arutz Sheva — is Arutz Sheva biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Gaza Interior Ministry Condemns Assassination of Gaza Police Chief (opens Mehr News Agency in a new tab)
Mehr News Agency — is Mehr News Agency biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Gaza police chief killed in Israeli airstrike, Palestinian officials say (opens VINnews in a new tab)
- Police officer among 2 killed in Israeli drone strikes in Gaza despite truce (opens Anadolu Ajansı in a new tab)
Anadolu Ajansı — is Anadolu Ajansı biased? Our profile of this outlet
Not rated
3- Internal Gaza: Assassination of the Chief of Police in Gaza Governorate by Israeli Shelling - Al-Shruk Gate (opens Al-Shorouk in a new tab)
Al-Shorouk — is Al-Shorouk biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Israel Strikes Civilians in Gaza: 1 Dead. (opens Akşam in a new tab)
- Ceasefire Violated in Gaza: 1 Dead, 7 Injured. (opens Haberler in a new tab)
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Israeli airstrike kills Gaza police chief Jamal Abu Kamil on Al-Rashid…?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 17% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 83% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 9. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Israeli airstrike kills Gaza police chief Jamal Abu Kamil on Al-Rashid… left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Israeli airstrike kills Gaza police chief Jamal Abu Kamil on Al-Rashid… biased?
- Israeli airstrike kills Gaza police chief Jamal Abu Kamil on Al-Rashid Street is one event reported by 9 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Israeli airstrike kills Gaza police chief Jamal Abu Kamil on Al-Rashid…?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Israeli airstrike kills Gaza police chief Jamal Abu Kamil on Al-Rashid…?
- 9 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Who was Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil?
- Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil, 43, was the director of police for Gaza Governorate. He was killed on 13 August 2026 when an Israeli airstrike hit his vehicle on Al-Rashid Street in Gaza City, according to the Gaza Interior Ministry. His death was confirmed by multiple outlets, including Anadolu Ajansı and Al Bawaba.
- How many Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 2023?
- The Gaza Health Ministry reported that Israeli attacks since October 2023 had killed 73,389 Palestinians and injured 174,266. Since a ceasefire began on 10 October 2025, 1,260 Palestinians have been killed and 4,154 injured, according to Anadolu Ajansı.
- Which outlets reported the $70 billion reconstruction cost estimate?
- Anadolu Ajansı cited UN estimates that reconstruction in Gaza would cost $70 billion due to damage to 90% of civilian infrastructure. None of the right-rated digests mentioned this figure, and no centre-rated outlet reported the story at all.
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