Israeli Strike Kills Nine Palestinian Police Officers in Gaza Despite Ceasefire

An Israeli strike on a police vehicle in the Gaza Strip killed nine Palestinian police officers, the Gaza Interior Ministry said Sunday, despite a ceasefire that took effect on October 10, 2025 between Israel and Hamas.

“By Meriem Laribi for Palestine Media Agency, April 28, 2026”

Agence Media Palestine

The Interior Ministry said the Israeli strike targeted a police vehicle carrying officers and policemen in the central governorate as they were monitoring markets and maintaining security during Ramadan, and Hamas specified that Colonel Iyad Abu Youssef was among the nine killed.

Agence Media Palestine

In central Gaza, an Israeli attack on a vehicle in Maghazi refugee camp in Deir el-Balah killed three Palestinians and injured several more, with Palestine’s Ministry of the Interior and National Security saying the victims were all police officers.

The Al Jazeera account said an Israeli combat drone targeted a vehicle near the entrance of Maghazi camp, while Anadolu reported the drone fired at least two missiles, causing it to catch fire and resulting in deaths and injuries.

Le Figaro also reported that a Gaza Civil Defense account said four civilians, including a pregnant woman, were killed in another Israeli bombardment on their house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central part of the territory.

Palestine’s Ministry of the Interior and National Security condemned the Maghazi attack, saying, "Their vehicle was treacherously bombed by the Israeli occupation forces," and it named Captain Mansour Sami Shahtout, Captain Mohammed Khaled Nofal, and First Sergeant Mahdi Nader Jabr.

The ministry reiterated its "call on the international community and the guarantor states of the ceasefire agreement to exert pressure on the occupying forces" to stop repeated targeting of the police force, its personnel, and its resources.

Al Jazeera

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told Anadolu that consultations were ongoing with other Palestinian factions and regional mediators to reach understandings that would ensure the full implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, including what remains of the first phase and mechanisms for implementing the second phase.

Qassem accused Israel of major and continuous violations of the ceasefire agreement, including restrictions on humanitarian aid and continued killings, and he said more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire entered into force.

Al Jazeera also reported that Gaza’s Health Ministry said Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement have killed 1,031 Palestinians and injured 3,309 others as of Thursday.

In northern Gaza, an Israeli airstrike targeted a police site in the Al-Tawam area in the Al-Sudaniya area, and Gaza Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said, "Six martyrs arrived, five of them from the police and another child," along with several injuries.

“An Israeli attack on a vehicle in the central Gaza Strip has killed three Palestinians and injured several more”

Al Jazeera

Shifa Hospital confirmed the arrival of six bodies, noting that the bodies were "charred and torn due to direct injuries," while the police stated that five police officers and members of the police were martyred by Israeli planes bombing a police site in the Al-Tawam area.

A separate report said Gaza’s police announced on Saturday that five of its officers and police personnel were killed in an Israeli army airstrike that targeted a security site in the Tu'am area in the al-Sudaniya district, and it said the victims were "charred and torn as a result of direct injuries."

Agence Media Palestine described a "manifest policy aimed at undermining the authority of the security forces" and said that since the October 10 ceasefire, 818 Palestinians have been killed and 2,235 injured by Israel, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip.

The same report also stated that Palestinian journalist Rami Abou Jamous warned that "If Hamas is Disarmed, It’s Civil War in Gaza," and it said that when contacted, he recalled that since the October 2025 ceasefire, 31 police officers have been killed.