Palestinian Civil Police Force (Hamas)

Since the takeover of the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group in 2007, the Palestinian Civil Police in the territory, also known as the Palestinian Police or the Gazan Police, has been under the control of a de facto Hamas-led administration rather than the de jure Palestinian Authority based in the West Bank. == History == === 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.

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