The Israeli army killed more than 1,400 commanders, officers and members of the force, wounded more than 1,950 others and arrested about 211 over the course of more than 15 months of genocide before the ceasefire agreement went into effect on Sunday morning, police in the Gaza Strip said Tuesday.

This came during a press conference held by the Director of the Media Office of the apparatus, Muhammad Al-Zarqa, on the ruins of Arafat Police City in Gaza.

Al-Zarqa added, "We mourn to our Palestinian people more than 1,400 dead from leaders, officers and members of the police force, foremost among them the Director General of Police in the Gaza Strip, the martyr Major General Mahmoud Salah, who ascended while on duty, carrying the burden of their homeland, and providing service to their people, and the systematic targeting did not deter them from performing their duty."

He added, "In addition to more than 1,950 wounded, and 211 prisoners held by the Israeli occupation."

He explained that all police headquarters and centers in the sector were destroyed, in addition to the burning and destruction of hundreds of vehicles and capabilities belonging to the apparatus, according to Al-Zarqa.

According to Al-Zarqa, the Israeli targeting of members and capabilities of the police force aims to "confuse the internal arena, spread chaos and anarchy, and starve our people by bombing the elements securing the entry of aid," saying that Israel "failed to do so in the face of the steadfastness and awareness of the people."

In the same context, Al-Zarqa said that the coming days will witness more measures in the sector to ensure the security and stability of citizens after the apparatus implemented a deployment plan in all governorates since the first moments of the ceasefire coming into effect on Sunday morning.

He explained that this comes to "establish security and public order, support citizens, protect their property, and restore aspects of life in the sector," calling on citizens to "fully deal with the competent authorities and abide by their instructions, in order to ensure their safety and the public interest."

During the conference, he also issued a warning about the "great dangers threatening the lives of citizens as a result of the spread of the occupation's war remnants and suspicious objects among the rubble and debris of destroyed buildings and homes throughout the governorates of the Gaza Strip."

He added that "explosive engineering teams are working with the relevant and partner authorities to inspect the places that still contain unexploded ordnance and suspicious objects in all governorates."

He called on citizens "not to tamper with any objects or shells, and to inform the competent authorities so that they can carry out their duty in removing and neutralizing them."

He also called for "providing the police force in Gaza with the necessary equipment to deal with this huge amount of occupation remnants, including unexploded bombs."

At the end of the conference, he called on the international community to "pressure the occupation to stop its policy of destroying and targeting the police force, as it is a civil protection force that provides a humanitarian service to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip."

On Sunday, the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel went into effect, and its first phase will last for 42 days, during which negotiations will begin to begin a second and then a third phase, mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States.