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Jabalia raid kills officials
An Israeli attack in northern Gaza’s Jabalia camp on Tuesday killed the director of a police station and several officers, adding to a mounting civilian death toll as Israel continues deadly raids despite a months-long “ceasefire”.
“An Israeli attack in northern Gaza’s Jabalia camp on Tuesday killed the director of a police station and several officers, adding to a mounting civilian death toll”
The Al Jazeera report says the killings are part of a “calculated pattern” to target law enforcement officers, medical professionals, government officials and intellectuals, warning they could derail a United States-backed plan for a post-war Gaza.
It also cites Gaza’s Government Media Office figures that since the “ceasefire” agreement took effect there have been 3,689 recorded Israeli violations during the 275-day period, resulting in 1,122 Palestinians killed and 3,599 injured.
Al Jazeera further reports that OHCHR has recorded at least 12 attacks on police since January 2026, killing 35 personnel, including officers targeted while directing traffic or overseeing markets.
In one example, Al Jazeera says that on May 23 an Israeli attack on a Gaza City checkpoint killed at least five officers, as the violence continues to press on Gaza’s civic foundation.
Ceasefire talks stall
In central Gaza, an Israeli airstrike killed three members of the same family, including a six year old girl, in Deir Al Balah on Wednesday as efforts to advance the next phase of a United States brokered ceasefire agreement showed little progress.
Modern Diplomacy reports that Palestinian health officials said the strike hit an apartment building in Deir Al Balah, killing Omar Abu Qassem, his wife Asma, and their six year old daughter Habeeba, while their son survived but sustained injuries.
The same Modern Diplomacy account says that near daily Israeli strikes have continued across the enclave even as the agreement largely halted full scale military operations, and it adds that Hamas has continued sporadic attacks that have killed four Israeli soldiers since the ceasefire began.
It also describes negotiations in Cairo mediated by Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar, where officials said little progress had been achieved because of deep mistrust between the two sides.
Al Jazeera meanwhile frames the broader diplomatic stakes by warning that these daily breaches and killings are being normalized as the new normal, effectively acting as if the pact does not restrict Israel’s military freedom.
What’s at risk next
Al Jazeera says Israel’s immediate goal of the escalation is to prevent the implementation of the Trump plan for a post-war Gaza, while its long-term objective remains indefinite occupation and expansion of settlements in Gaza, according to analysts.
“A large gap is widening daily between what the Gaza Strip ceasefire agreement documented in October last year says and the bitter on-the-ground reality”
It reports that Mohannad Mustafa said Israel is employing three primary tools, including normalising daily attacks by conducting regular strikes under the guise of enforcing the “ceasefire,” and expanding its occupation footprint by increasing military control from 50 percent to 70 percent of Gaza.
The report also warns that Israel is blocking political transition by preventing the entry of the Palestinian national committee, obstructing humanitarian aid, and halting reconstruction efforts to ensure Gaza remains strictly a “military and security issue” rather than a political one.
In a separate thread about the ceasefire’s future, Al-Jazeera Net says the agreement remains stuck in its first phase with no progress toward the second phase, while Israel instead announces plans to expand and return to settlement activity in the strip.
Al-Jazeera Net adds that since the start of the truce Israel has killed 1,122 Palestinians and wounded 3,599 by bombing or firing, and it cites the Government Media Office in Gaza saying only 58,664 trucks had entered out of 165,000 supposed to enter, a compliance rate not exceeding 35%.
