Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced on Sunday evening that Israeli aircraft bombed a a vehicle on Salah al-Din Street in the central Gaza Strip, killing eight citizens and injuring a number of others.
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.”
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.”
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.
In addition, citizen Nael Bassam Al-Barawi died from wounds he sustained in an Israeli bombing that targeted Palestinian citizens several days ago in the Al-Katiba area, west of Gaza City.
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced earlier today that the death toll from the Israeli occupation’s aggression on the Strip had risen to 72,239 killed and 171,861 injured since the start of the aggression on October 7, 2023.
The sources explained that hospitals in the Gaza Strip received 15 bodies during the past 24 hours (13 who were just killed and two who died of their earlier injuries), in addition to 8 injuries.
The total number of Palestinians killed by Israel since the ceasefire on October 11, 2025 rose to 663 martyrs, while the total number of injuries reached 1,762, in addition to the recovery of 756 bodies. No Israelis have been killed by Palestinians since the ceasefire went into effect, as Israel continually violates the ceasefire while the Palestinian side has steadfastly upheld it.
The same sources added that a number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, with ambulance and civil defense crews unable to reach them so far.
