What to know about Gaza’s police force, which Israel is targeting
Mar 21, 2024 · The dwindling of Gaza’s police has had dire consequences for the humanitarian response to Israel’s war on Hamas: a growing struggle to safeguard aid deliveries.
Palestinian Civil Police Force - Wikipedia
The Palestinian Civil Police Force (PCP; Arabic: الشرطة المدنية الفلسطينية, al-Shurtah al-Madaniyah al-Filistiniyah) is the Civil Police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the autonomous territory governed by the Palestinian National Authority.
Hamas says police chief, deputy killed in airstrike on Gaza ...
Jan 2, 2025 · An Israeli airstrike on a central Gaza tent camp killed Hamas’s chief of police in the enclave along with his deputy and several others, including children, the Hamas terror group said...
Hamas police chief among 40 reported killed in Israeli strikes on …
Jan 2, 2025 · More than 40 Palestinians have been killed in 15 Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip, according to the territory's Hamas-run Civil Defence service. The chief of Gaza's police force and...
Hamas police chief, deputy among 11 killed in overnight Israeli ...
Jan 2, 2025 · An Israeli airstrike on a tent camp in central Gaza killed Hamas’s police chief, Mahmoud Salah, his deputy, Hussam Shahwan, and several others, including children, according to a report, citing Hamas.
Secret Hamas Files Show How It Spied on Everyday Palestinians
May 13, 2024 · The Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has for years overseen a secret police force in Gaza that conducted surveillance on everyday Palestinians and built files on young people, journalists and those who...
Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Strikes Kill Police Chief, Two Dozen Others
Jan 2, 2025 · The interior ministry said Salah spent 30 years in the force and was appointed police chief six years ago. Elsewhere in Gaza, the civil defence agency said a strike on Jabalia, in the north ...
Gaza's Police Force: Between Hamas and a Hard Place | TIME
Sep 17, 2010 · Lieutenant Hazim Abid, a police commander in Gaza City, runs nine patrols a day to keep an eye on the streets and check in with his 40-plus men. On a late weekday afternoon in Palestine...
Hamas deploys police forces, makes payments to civil servants in …
Feb 3, 2024 · Hamas has begun deploying police forces and making partial salary payments to some of its civil servants in Gaza City. On Saturday (local time), four residents and a senior official in the militant group said the deployment began in recent days, with officers resurfacing in areas from which Israel withdrew the bulk of its troops a month ago.
Hamas deploys police, distributes funds in sign of resurgence in …
Feb 3, 2024 · Hamas has begun deploying police forces and making partial salary payments to some of its civil servants in Gaza City in recent days, resurfacing in areas from which Israel had withdrawn the bulk...