Establishment of a Palestinian Civil Police Force Following the 1993
Oslo Accords, which lead to the establishment of the
Palestinian Authority, a
Palestinian Civil Police Force assumed responsibility for policing in the Gaza Strip. In 2007, the
Hamas militant group
took over the Gaza Strip and assumed control over its police force. The attacks impacted the ability for
humanitarian aid to be delivered, as well as the rise of other armed gangs who would frequently raid humanitarian aid trucks in absence of Hamas forces. Israel and Hamas accepted a
Gaza peace plan in October 2025, which was endorsed by the
United Nations through the adoption of
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 on 17 November 2025. Under the plan around half of the Gaza Strip remains under Hamas control and the other half under Israeli control. Resolution 2803 allows an international peacekeeping force to be deployed in the Gaza Strip and a
new civil police force to be raised. ==Structure==