Israeli air strike on Gaza police post kills seven, officials say

An Israeli strike on a Hamas-run police post in northern Gaza has killed seven people, including a senior officer, according to Palestinian officials.

An Israeli drone fired four missiles at a police post near a market in Jabalia, northern Gaza, killing at least seven people, Gaza's Hamas-run interior ministry said.
The interior ministry named the dead as police station head Col Mohammed Marwan Salem and several other officers, condemning the strike as a "massacre".
An Israeli military official confirmed the strike, stating it had targeted "terrorists".
In southern Gaza, a man was killed in an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, and a 10-year-old boy was killed by Israeli fire in Rafah, medics reported.

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The Israeli army said it targeted Muhammad Marwan Salem, identified as the military security commander of the Hamas Jabalia Central Battalion, and that the operation killed three other Hamas members.
Palestinian medical sources reported six deaths from the Israeli strikes on the Jabalia camp in northern Gaza.
A woman was among the seven Palestinians killed in the Israeli strike on the police post in Jabalia, the Health Ministry said.

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Israel continues daily raids in Gaza, killing civil officials and police despite ceasefire

An Israeli attack in Jabalia killed a police station director, and UN records show at least 35 police killed since January as Israel's defense minister endorsed the destruction policy.

An Israeli attack in northern Gaza's Jabalia camp on Tuesday killed the director of a police station and several officers.
The UN Human Rights Office recorded at least 12 attacks on police since January 2026, killing 35 personnel.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that the destruction of Gaza is a deliberate policy to neutralize threats.
The Government Media Office in Gaza said 3,689 Israeli violations during the ceasefire have killed 1,122 Palestinians.