Cairo: Israeli airstrikes killed at least three Palestinians in Gaza, two of whom served in the Hamas-controlled police, health authorities confirmed, in bloodshed that laid bare how tenuous the U.S.-negotiated ceasefire truly remains.
Medics confirmed one person died in an airstrike hitting the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, while a separate strike in Khan Younis killed police chief Wessam Abdel-Hadi and his deputy, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run interior ministry.
Reuters has previously reported that Israel has intensified its strikes against Gaza’s Hamas-run police force—a unit the group has relied on to rebuild its governing presence in territories it controls.
The Israeli military offered no immediate comment on either strike.
Killing and fighting in Gaza have continued nonstop even after the October 2025 ceasefire, as Israel launches almost daily air and ground attacks.
According to local medics, a minimum of 850 Palestinians have died since the truce began, while Israel reports that militants have killed four of its soldiers in the same timeframe. Each side has pointed fingers at the other for breaking the ceasefire agreement.
Gaza’s health authorities say more than 72,500 Palestinians have lost their lives since the war erupted in October 2023, with most of the dead being civilian men, women, and children.
