Five police officers, 13 year-old boy killed in Israeli attack on Gaza

Attack on a police post in northern Gaza comes as dozens of people were wounded in Israeli attacks in the past 48 hours.An Israeli ⁠air ⁠strike has killed at least five police ⁠officers and a 13-year-old boy, Gaza police say, as Israel continues its attacks across the Gaza Strip despite the “ceasefire” in place.Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City on Saturday, said that the police officers were killed on the spot, and according to sources at al-Shifa Hospital, at least one civilian on a nearby street was also killed. At least 10 others were wounded.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Israeli forces attack central Gaza despite ceasefire agreementlist 2 of 4Israeli attacks in Lebanon kill at least 2 despite supposed ceasefirelist 3 of 4Israeli air strike pounds southern Lebanon leaving many injuredlist 4 of 4France bans far-right Israeli minister Ben-Gvir over abuse of activistsend of listIn a statement, the Gaza police directorate said two missiles had hit a police post in the at-Twam area in northern Gaza.“This is not an isolated incident, it’s part of the pattern that the Israeli military, not only since the ceasefire started, but also before that, we see in a pattern of deliberate targeting of police, local security personnel and law enforcement structures across Gaza,” Mahmoud said.The missile strike on a police post comes as the 10,000-strong police force in Gaza has emerged as ⁠a sticking point in talks ⁠to advance United States President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza.The war that Israel launched following the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas was halted by a ceasefire on October 10, 2025, but the Israeli military has carried out almost daily attacks on Gaza since then and maintains a strict security regime.Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave has now killed at least 72,775 Palestinians, with 883 people killed since the ceasefire came into effect.The bodies of eight Palestinians, along with 29 wounded people, arrived at hospitals across Gaza in the past 48 hours, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.A ‘power vacuum’The attacks on Gaza’s police force further threaten the distribution of aid while the Palestinian enclave continues to struggle with a humanitarian crisis.