• Israeli airstrikes killed a Gaza police colonel and wounded a senior Hamas leader's son.
• The attacks violated a ceasefire agreement and have intensified humanitarian crises in the region.
• More than 830 Palestinians have died since the ceasefire, according to local medics.

In a targeted strike, Israeli forces killed Naseem al-Kalazani, a colonel in Gaza's police force, along with wounding at least 17 others when they attacked his vehicle in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis. This incident is part of a broader pattern of violence that has seen police forces in Gaza increasingly becoming targets of Israeli military operations, with 31 officers reported killed in the past six months, amidst ongoing confrontations despite a ceasefire agreement established in October 2025, according to Al Jazeera and Le Monde.

On the same day, airstrikes in other parts of Gaza led to additional fatalities, including the son of Khalil al-Hayya, a top Hamas negotiator, who was critically wounded in an attack that also killed one other person. This comes alongside several air assaults that have killed a total of five Palestinians in one day, with Hamas officials condemning the strikes as morally reprehensible and a continuation of a violent campaign against the Palestinian people, as reported by Reuters and Al Jazeera.

The escalating violence has continued despite an ongoing ceasefire, with allegations from both Israel and Hamas that the other is violating the terms of the agreement. Humanitarian conditions in Gaza remain dire, with over 72,000 casualties recorded since the onset of significant military operations in October 2023, affecting mainly civilians, particularly children and women, according to health reports from Gaza and humanitarian organizations, mentioned in Reuters and Al Jazeera.