Massacre of 8 policemen in Central Gaza

On March 15, 2026, Eight Palestinian police officers were killed and 14 people injured after Israeli aircraft struck a police vehicle on Salah al-Din Street near the entrance to Al-Zawayda, in the Central Governorate of the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli air strike on a police vehicle in central Gaza killed eight officers on Sunday, hospital officials said, as violence continues to test a fragile ceasefire in the war-battered territory.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah said the bodies of eight victims were brought in after a police vehicle was struck in the nearby town of Zawaida.

Gaza’s Interior Ministry said the dead include Col. Iyad Abu Yusuf, director of the Central Governorate Intervention Police, along with seven other officers.

Names of the martyrs:

According to reports from Gaza’s Interior Ministry and regional media, the eight police officers killed in the Israeli strike on a police vehicle near al-Zawaida (central Gaza) on 15 March 2026 included the following names:

1. Col. Iyad Abu Yousef – head of the Intervention Police in the Central Governorate

2. Abdul Rahman Al-Amassi

3. Wissam Al-Hafi

4. Yousef Meet (or Maite)

5. Musab Al-Durra

6. Fathi Oweida

7. Rami Harb

8. Abdullah Abu Shaar (name sometimes reported with slight spelling variations)

The following name was also spreaded:

9. Tawfiq Al-Khalidi