By Quds News Network
Gaza (QNN)- Nine Palestinian police officers were killed in a targeted Israeli strike on their vehicle while they were on duty in central Gaza on Sunday, in another violation of Trump’s so-called ceasefire and one of the deadliest attacks since the Israeli-US assault on Iran began.
In a statement, the Ministry of Interior and National Security in Gaza confirmed the “heinous crime committed by the Israeli occupation on Sunday afternoon, when it targeted a police vehicle carrying several officers and personnel in the central Gaza.”
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The Ministry added that Israel targeted them while they were “performing their duties monitoring markets and maintaining security and public order during the holy month of Ramadan.”
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The attack resulted in the killing of nine officers and personnel:
- Colonel Iyad Tawfiq Abu Youssef (Director of the Intervention and Public Order Police in the Central Governorate)
- First Sergeant Abdul Rahman Munir Al-Hamsi
- First Sergeant Rami Ibrahim Harb
- Sergeant Youssef Mohammed Mustafa
- Soldier Abdullah Hossam Badwan
- Soldier Wissam Akram Al-Hafi
- Soldier Fathi Raafat Oweida
- Assistant Musab Ziad Al-Durra
- Assistant Tawfiq Azmi Al-Khalidi
The Ministry also 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.”
There has been a spike in Israeli attacks targeting police in the war-torn Strip despite the ceasefire that took effect in October, which Israel has repeatedly violated by killing hundreds and blocking the entry of much-needed aid.
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.
Israeli forces have killed more than 640 Palestinians since the “ceasefire” went into effect, including over 288 children, women, and the elderly.
Over 72,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since the war began on October 7, 2023.
The attack, which is one of the deadliest attacks in Gaza since the Israeli-US assault on Iran began, comes just hours after Israel committed a massacre in central Gaza, killing a family of four: the mother, who was pregnant, the father, and their son.
16 March 2026
Source: countercurrents.org