Family members and friends mourn outside the Nasser Hospital, the day after a Palestinian was killed in an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on April 10, 2026. (PHOTO/AFP)
GAZA/RAMALLAH – At least six people were killed Saturday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a Palestinian police checkpoint in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to Palestinian sources and eyewitnesses.
Palestinian medical sources at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah reported that ambulances transported the bodies of at least six people killed and a number of wounded in the attack.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military or Hamas.
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The Hamas-run interior authorities in Gaza have been gradually resuming operations in recent months by establishing checkpoints and repairing some of its security headquarters in the enclave.
In response, the Israeli army targeted checkpoints and police vehicles in various parts of Gaza, resulting in deaths and injuries. Israel claimed these operations targeted armed elements or potential threats, despite a Gaza ceasefire agreement reached between Hamas and Israel, which went into effect in October 2025.
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Separately, five Palestinians were killed in a traffic accident south of Nablus in the northern West Bank on Saturday, according to official Palestinian sources.
Also on Saturday, Hamas welcomed a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States that took effect on Wednesday, as well as ongoing negotiations between the two sides in Pakistan’s Islamabad on easing tensions in the Middle East.Â