13 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza despite ceasefire

At least 13 Palestinians were killed and several injured Friday in Israeli strikes targeting multiple areas in the Gaza Strip in ongoing violations of a ceasefire in effect since last October.

Gaza’s Interior Ministry said eight people -- two officers, two police assistants and four civilians --were killed when an Israeli strike hit a police vehicle in Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip.

In northern Gaza, a woman and her two children were killed, and six injured in an Israeli strike targeting homes near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, medical sources told Anadolu.

Earlier, two Palestinian officers were killed and two injured in an Israeli strike targeting a police patrol near the Sheikh Radwan police station in Gaza City, according to the Interior Ministry.

In a separate statement, the ministry condemned what it described as the “continued silence” of international organizations, particularly the International Committee of the Red Cross, for the targeting of civilian police personnel.

It said the attacks amount to “complicity that encourages further violations against a civilian body protected under international law,” stressing there is no justification for targeting police forces in Gaza, which it said provide essential services to residents across the enclave.

Medical sources and witnesses said the strikes targeted areas outside the zones of Israeli military deployment under the ceasefire agreement.

The attack comes amid ongoing Israeli violations of a ceasefire agreement in effect since October 2025, following a war that left more than 72,000 Palestinians dead and over 172,000 injured, most of them women and children.

On April 14, the Gaza Media Office said i that Israel had committed 2,400 violations of the ceasefire, including killings, arrests, blockade measures and starvation policies.

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, the continued violations have resulted in the deaths of 972 Palestinians and injuries to 2,235 others.

*Writing by Merve Aydogan in Canada.