By Quds News Network
Gaza (QNN)- Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed 42 Palestinian police personnel since the so-called ceasefire took effect, according to the Palestinian Interior Ministry, which added that Israel is waging a “systematic campaign aimed at dismantling civil order and governance structures in the Strip and spreading chaos and insecurity.”
On Saturday, seven people were killed in an Israeli attack on a police post west of Gaza City, including a 13-year-old child and five police officers.
The Interior Ministry confirmed the “massacre” which comes in a “deliberate attempt to spread chaos and undermine public order within Palestinian society.”
It said Israel’s ongoing targeting of the police and civilians in the Gaza Strip “constitutes a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement and a flagrant breach of all international norms and conventions.”
It also blamed the mediators and the international community over their “silence on the ongoing crimes against the police and civilians in the Gaza Strip.”
There has been a spike in Israeli attacks in the war-torn Strip despite the ceasefire, particularly on police.
Israel has violated the ceasefire which took effect in October more than 2,800 times, killing hundreds and blocking the entry of much-needed aid.
Israeli forces have killed more than 870 Palestinians since the ceasefire, including over 300 children, women, and the elderly.
Over 72,700 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since the war began on October 7, 2023.
United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk condemned Israel’s recent attacks in the Gaza Strip, saying that “the unrelenting pattern of killings” reflects Israel’s “sweeping impunity”.
“Palestinians are still being killed and injured in what is left of their homes, shelters and tents of displaced families, on the streets, in vehicles, at a medical facility and a classroom,” Turk said.
The Interior Ministry noted that the repeated Israeli attacks targeting police facilities and striking police officers and personnel “constitute a war crime and a blatant violation of international humanitarian law, as police facilities are civilian protection institutions safeguarded under international law and must not be targeted.”
Hamas slammed the attacks as a “continuation of the crimes and terrorism against our people to perpetuate the state of lawlessness, sow chaos, and hinder any efforts to recover and restore normalcy to Gaza.”
It called on the international community, mediators, and guarantors of the ceasefire agreement to “impose an end to the occupation’s aggression and daily violations.”
The group also called for “providing the necessary protection and relief to the Palestinian people.”
According to Palestinians and rights groups, such attacks are part of Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians, as it seeks to dismantle the enclave’s security and justice structures by undermining public order and spreading chaos and insecurity.
25 May 2026
Source: countercurrents.org