The head of the Hamas-led police in northern Gaza was killed by an Israeli airstrike in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northwestern Gaza City, according to reports. The officer, Brig. Gen. Abdul Nasser Mohammed Al-Maqadma, aged 54, served as police chief of the North Gaza governorate.
The Palestinian ministry stated that Israel is deliberately targeting the Palestinian police force to spread chaos in the Gaza Strip.
Number of police commanders, officers, and personnel killed by Israeli attacks on police facilities since the ceasefire took effect in October, according to the Palestinian ministry.
The killing of Abdul Nasser Mohammed Al-Maqadma occurred less than two weeks after an Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp police station on July 14, which killed seven police officers and wounded Yamen Mohammed Obeid, who later died of his wounds.
According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, 1,191 Palestinians have been killed and 3,853 others injured in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire agreement took effect in October.
Since October 8, 2023, the war has killed more than 73,000 people and wounded over 173,000 in Gaza, according to Palestinian authorities.
Four other Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes.
Yamen Mohammed Obeid, a policeman wounded in the July 14 Israeli strike on the Jabalia police station, died of his wounds on Saturday.
The police force is a civilian institution protected under international law.
The Palestinian ministry called on the international community and mediating countries to intervene and pressure Israel to stop targeting the police.