An Israeli air strike targeting a Palestinian police post in northern Gaza killed at least five officers and wounded several others, Gaza police said, as Israel steps up attacks on Gaza security forces.
In a statement, the Gaza police directorate said on Saturday two missiles had hit a police post in the Tawam area.
"Five martyrs, all police officers, and several wounded, one of whom is in critical condition, arrived following an Israeli air strike that targeted a police site in the Tawam area," said al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
Since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, it has repeatedly targeted police personnel and infrastructure in Gaza, in what Palestinian authorities say is weakening public order institutions and undermining civilian infrastructure.
In the months following the October 2025 ceasefire, the attacks have continued with a series of strikes hitting police vehicles, checkpoints and patrol units.
Gaza’s health ministry said over 880 people have been killed and more than 2,645 others wounded in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire was announced last October.
Palestinian authorities in the enclave have said Israel has killed at least 2,800 police officers since the start of the genocide in October 2023, and the attacks on police are part of a broader pattern that has persisted despite the truce, under which more than 770 Palestinians have been killed.
The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has accused Israel of targeting police officers trying to maintain public security and stability in Gaza.
Hamas says the attacks represent a continuation of the Israeli brutal crimes against Palestinians in Gaza and an attempt to create chaos by targeting civilian police forces.
