Israeli airstrikes kill at least 12 in Gaza over two days despite months-old ceasefire with Hamas

Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 12 people in Gaza over two days, including six police officers and a child, testing the fragile October 2025 ceasefire. A strike on a Jabaliya police station killed commander Col. Mohamad Marwan Salem, drawing UN criticism over Israel's targeting of civilian law enforcement. While Israel claims the officers were active militants, Hamas maintains they are civilian personnel. Over 1,120 Palestinians and five Israeli soldiers have died since the truce began.

Israeli airstrikes during ceasefire

• ▪An Israeli strike on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, killed three members of the same family in central Gaza
• ▪Israeli airstrikes killed at least 12 people across the Gaza Strip over a two-day period ending July 15, 2026
• ▪Israeli forces shot and killed a child in the Muwasi area near Rafah on Tuesday, July 14, 2026
• ▪An Israeli airstrike on a tent camp in Khan Younis on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, killed one man

Hamas police station attacks

• ▪The Israeli military claimed that four of the police officers killed in Jabaliya were Hamas militants, identifying three as Abdul Malik al-Jabin, Ghassan al-Daqas, and Yaman Abu Obeida
• ▪An Israeli airstrike on a police station in the Jabaliya refugee camp on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, killed a woman and six police officers
• ▪Colonel Mohamad Marwan Salem, the head of the Jabaliya police station, was killed in the Israeli strike on the police facility

UN criticism of targeting

• ▪The United Nations Human Rights Office reported in June 2026 that Israeli forces had attacked Gaza police personnel at least a dozen times in 2026
• ▪The United Nations Human Rights Office condemned the pattern of Israeli attacks on Gaza's police force, stating that personnel have been targeted during routine civilian duties

Ceasefire casualty toll

• ▪Five Israeli soldiers have been killed in attacks since the October 2025 ceasefire took effect
• ▪At least 1,123 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the October 2025 ceasefire took effect

October 2023 war origins

• ▪The war began after a Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed approximately 1,200 people and resulted in 251 hostages being taken
• ▪Israel's retaliatory military campaign has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023