Israeli strikes kill Palestinians, police chief amid talks

Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least nine Palestinians on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, including a senior police official and a 10-year-old boy, according to Palestinian health and police officials. The violence occurred as Hamas representatives were engaged in ceasefire negotiations in Cairo, highlighting the fragility of a truce that has been in effect since October 2025.

The deadliest incident was an Israeli drone strike on a police post in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. The Gaza Interior Ministry stated the attack killed Colonel Mohammed Marwan Salem, the director of the Jabalia camp police station, along with several other police officers and personnel. Witnesses said the strike hit a tent serving as a police point in a crowded market area near shelters for displaced people. Medical sources reported seven bodies were recovered from that location, including a woman.

In southern Gaza, separate attacks resulted in additional casualties. In Khan Younis, an airstrike on a tent sheltering displaced people killed a 36-year-old man and wounded three others, including a child and a woman. The Israeli military stated this strike targeted a Hamas...