Israeli strikes in Gaza kill three, medics say, testing fragile ceasefire

• Violence in Gaza has persisted despite an October 2025 ceasefire, with Israel conducting almost daily attacks

GAZA: Israeli strikes killed at least three Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, including two members of the Hamas-run police force, health officials said, in violence that underscored the fragility of a US-brokered ceasefire.

Medics said an air strike killed one person in the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, while another killed ⁠the head of the criminal police force in Khan Younis, Wessam Abdel-Hadi, and his aide, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run interior ministry.

Reuters has previously reported that Israel has heightened its attacks on Gaza's Hamas-run police force that the militants have used to re-establish governance in areas under their control.

The Israeli military didn't immediately ⁠comment on either incident.

Violence in Gaza has persisted despite an October 2025 ceasefire, with Israel conducting almost daily attacks.

At least 850 Palestinians have been killed since ⁠the ceasefire took effect, local medics say, while Israel says militants have killed four of its soldiers over the ⁠same period.

Israel and Hamas have blamed each other for ceasefire violations.

More than 72,500 Palestinians have ⁠been killed since the Gaza war started in October 2023, Gaza health authorities say, most of them civilians.