Five police officers, 13 year-old boy killed in Israeli attack on Gaza
Key takeaways
- Attack on a police post in northern Gaza comes as dozens of people were wounded in Israeli attacks in the past 48 hours.
- In a statement, the Gaza police directorate said two missiles had hit a police post in the at-Twam area in northern Gaza.
- 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.
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Attack on a police post in northern Gaza comes as dozens of people were wounded in Israeli attacks in the past 48 hours.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Mourners react during the funeral of policemen killed in an Israeli strike [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 23 May 202623 May 2026An 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.