2 officers shot in Gaza drug-house raid; suspects held
Gaza anti-narcotics police raided a house in Al-Rimal, Gaza City, on 6 May 2021 and came under gunfire that injured two officers. The force arrested the suspected shooter and others in the house and seized hashish, marijuana, pills and weapons.
On the morning of 6 May 2021, a Gaza anti-narcotics police force backed by
intervention police and women’s police went to search a house in the Al-Rimal
area of Gaza City after receiving information about drugs inside it and
obtaining a prosecutionsearch warrant.[1]As soon as the force arrived, it
came under direct gunfire from inside the house, injuring two anti-narcotics
officers, who were taken to Al-Shifa Hospital in moderate condition.[1]
The force returned fire and brought the incident under control, arresting the
suspected 35-year-old gunman and other people found in the house, who were under
investigation.[1]During the house search, police found and seizedhashish,
marijuana and narcotic pills, and also seized weapons, hand grenades, ammunition
and explosives, while legal procedures in the case continued.[1]
The Gaza Interior Ministry gave the same account: the backed anti-narcotics
force searched the Al-Rimal house on Thursday morning under a prosecution
warrant and two of its officers were shot and taken to Al-Shifa Hospital in
moderate condition.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No quantity or weight was stated for the seized hashish and marijuana, so no cannabis figure is recorded; the pills were not counted as cannabis.
The reports say the suspected shooter and other people in the house were arrested but give no exact total number of people detained, so no arrested figure is recorded.
No photo or video tied to this raid with a recoverable direct media address is included.
Anti-narcotics police in Hebron arrested a man suspected of intentionally planting marijuana inside another resident's home to frame him in a drug case over prior disputes. Officers searched the residence after receiving a tip and found the marijuana before discovering that the drugs had been planted to entrap the homeowner.
Palestinian police said the anti-narcotics branch arrested two people on Sunday 8 November 2026, one in Tubas governorate and one in Hebron governorate, each found with material suspected to be cannabis. Police did not publish the weight of either seizure and said the two suspects were held for referral to the competent authority with the seized material.
Palestinian police in Tulkarm Governorate said they found seven slabs of hashish weighing 700 grams and 399 ecstasy pills hidden in farmland, meant for sale in Tulkarm city. No arrests were announced in the police statement.
Palestinian police in the West Bank said they had handled 2,150 drug cases and arrested 2,419 people, including 50 women, since the start of 2026. More than 100 families had reported relatives to the police in the hope of treatment, the police spokesman said.
