Israel Kills Eight Gaza Police Officers in Central Gaza Strike

Israeli airstrikes struck central Gaza on Sunday, killing at least 12 Palestinians including eight police officers in separate attacks.

“A boy pushes a bicycle carrying jerrycans of water through a sandstorm in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 14, 2026”

Bozeman Daily Chronicle

The strikes targeted a police vehicle in Zawaida and a residential area in Nuseirat refugee camp.

Le Figaro

These attacks violated the ongoing ceasefire agreement that has been in place since October 2025.

Hamas officials condemned the strikes as blatant violations of the truce.

Medical officials reported receiving multiple casualties including women and children from the attacks.

The attacks represent yet another escalation in the ongoing Gaza genocide.

The attacks specifically targeted a police vehicle in the central town of Zawaida, killing eight police officers.

Colonel Iyad Abu Yousef, a senior police official in central Gaza, was among those killed in the police vehicle strike.

TRT World

In a separate strike, an Israeli drone fired missiles at a residential area near the Nuseirat refugee camp.

The residential strike killed a man, his pregnant wife, and their 10-year-old son.

The woman had been pregnant with twins at the time of her death.

A 15-year-old neighbor was also killed in the residential attack.

Neighbors reported receiving no prior warning before the missile strike.

The attacks occurred during a period of ongoing ceasefire violations by Israel.

“An Israeli air strike on a police vehicle in central Gaza killed eight officers on Sunday, hospital officials said, as violence continues to test a fragile ceasefire in the war-battered territory”

TRT World

The ceasefire that took effect on October 10, 2025 has been frequently violated by Israeli forces.

Since the ceasefire began, Israeli strikes have killed more than 650 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Approximately half of those casualties have been women and children.

The Israeli military has provided no immediate comment on either of Sunday's strikes.

This continues a pattern of refusing accountability for attacks that kill Palestinian civilians.

These attacks are part of the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Hamas officials condemned the strikes as blatant violations of the ceasefire agreement.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem specifically denounced the attacks as ceasefire violations.

TRT World

The strikes occurred as a Hamas delegation was holding talks in Cairo with international mediators.

The delegation included Nickolay Mladenov, appointed as high representative for Gaza under Trump's Board of Peace initiative.

The delegation was led by official Nizar Rayyan.

The delegation called for an immediate end to ceasefire violations.

They urged Israel to move forward with the next phase of the truce.

This included reopening border crossings into Gaza, which Israel closed on February 28.

The continuing violence has contributed to the devastating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

“A boy pushes a bicycle carrying jerrycans of water through a sandstorm in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 14, 2026”

Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Health authorities report that since the ceasefire began in October 2025, 663 Palestinians have been killed and 1,762 wounded.

Le Figaro

Since the beginning of the Gaza genocide in October 2023, 72,239 Palestinians have been killed and 171,861 wounded.

Hamas oversees a police force that maintained public security after seizing power in 2007.

These police officers have become targets in Israel's ongoing military campaign.

The campaign continues to target the civilian population of Gaza.