Gaza City police chief killed in Israeli drone strike
An Israeli drone strike on Thursday killed Colonel Jamal Abu Kamil, the head of Gaza City’s civil police force, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Interior.
Source: Al Jazeera · August 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM · AI-assisted report
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KUALA LUMPUR, 14 AUGUST 2026 —
An Israeli drone strike on Thursday killed Colonel Jamal Abu Kamil, the head of Gaza City’s civil police force, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Interior.
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Three missiles struck Abu Kamil’s vehicle on al-Rashid Street in southwest Gaza City, also injuring two others. Gaza’s Ministry of Interior said Abu Kamil, 43, “was assassinated” in the strike.
Israel’s military said it targeted Abu Kamil “to remove a threat,” claiming without evidence that he was a Hamas commander. Gaza’s police force denied the claim, stating he “committed to his police duties and has no connection to other activities.”
The killing followed the end of a week-long pause in Israeli air raids on Gaza. The pause, imposed under U.S. pressure after President Donald Trump’s announcement of a “major milestone” in his plan to end the war, did not halt ground attacks. Since the October 10 ceasefire, Israeli strikes have killed more than 1,250 Palestinians, Gaza’s Ministry of Health says.
Hamas condemned the strike as “a continuation of the brutal crimes committed by the occupation against our Palestinian people.” Earlier Thursday, an Israeli strike on a motorbike in Khan Younis killed Huthaifa Kawari and critically wounded another person. Israel again claimed it was targeting a Hamas commander without providing evidence.
On Wednesday, Israel carried out its first air strike in Gaza since August 3, hitting a vehicle in Beit Lahiya and killing a municipal worker while wounding five others. The strikes resumed after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a U.S.-backed Gaza Peace Plan on Sunday. Netanyahu said Israeli forces would not withdraw until Hamas was “genuinely disarmed.”
Palestine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called for implementation of the U.S.-backed plan and condemned attacks on Palestinians returning to Gaza and continued settler violence in the West Bank.