Gaza City police chief killed as Israel pushes on with deadly strikes | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Newest Israeli assaults kill police official Jamal Abu Kamil in Gaza Metropolis and one other individual in Khan Younis.

An Israeli drone strike has killed the pinnacle of the civil police power in Gaza Metropolis.

Gaza’s Ministry of Inside stated Colonel Jamal Abu Kamil, 43, was killed on Thursday when a drone fired three missiles at his car on al-Rashid Avenue, southwest of Gaza Metropolis, additionally injuring two others.

The killing comes a day after Israel ended a weeklong pause in air raids on the strip. The pause didn’t see an finish to deadly ground attacks, as Israel continues to violate a so-called “ceasefire” agreed to in October.

The Israeli army stated it focused Abu Kamil to “take away a risk”, claiming, with out offering proof, that he was a Hamas commander.

Gaza’s police power denied the declare, releasing a press release saying that Abu Kamil “dedicated to his police duties and has no connection to different actions”.

Gaza’s Ministry of Inside stated Abu Kamil “was assassinated” within the Israeli strike.

Hamas additionally condemned the killing in a press release, calling it “a continuation of the brutal crimes dedicated by the occupation towards our Palestinian individuals” and its “pathetic and failed makes an attempt to unfold chaos and lawlessness within the Gaza Strip”.

Earlier on Thursday, an Israeli strike focused a bike carrying two individuals in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing one individual and critically wounding the opposite. The deceased was recognized as Huthaifa Kawari, in line with Gaza’s Nasser Hospital. Israel made the identical declare that it was concentrating on a Hamas commander, with out offering proof.

Strikes resume

On Wednesday, Israel carried out its first air strike in Gaza since August 3, attacking a car in Beit Lahiya, which killed a municipal employee and wounded 5 others.

Israel had halted air raids for greater than every week beneath United States stress after President Donald Trump’s announcement of a “main milestone” in his plan to finish the conflict.

Trump introduced final month that Israel and Hamas had agreed to his 15-point plan, to be applied by the Gaza Board of Peace, beneath which Israeli forces would withdraw and Hamas would disarm.

Hamas stated it accepts the deal to keep away from a return to full-scale conflict, however insists that implementation relies on Israel first withdrawing its forces and halting assaults.

Nonetheless, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced a rejection of the settlement on Sunday, saying Israeli forces wouldn’t withdraw from Gaza till Hamas was “genuinely disarmed”. Three days later, air strikes resumed.

Israel’s near-daily assaults for the reason that “ceasefire” had taken impact on October 10, 2025, have killed greater than 1,250 Palestinians, Gaza’s Ministry of Well being says.

On Thursday, Palestine’s Ministry of International Affairs and Expatriates known as for the US-backed Gaza Peace Plan to be applied, additionally condemning assaults by Israeli forces towards Palestinians returning to Gaza and continued settler assaults within the occupied West Financial institution.