Gaza (QNN)- An Israeli strike targeting a police vehicle in southern Gaza on Sunday killed two officers, marking another violation of the so-called Trump ceasefire and a further escalation in attacks on police aimed at spreading chaos and insecurity.
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The General Directorate of Police announced on Sunday that an Israeli air strike killed the director of the Khan Younis police investigations department, Wissam Abdel Hadi, and Sergeant Fadi Heikal.
According to the statement, their vehicle was targeted in al-Amal neighbourhood, located in southern Gaza. A number of Palestinians were wounded in the attack.
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There has been a spike in Israeli attacks targeting police in the war-torn Strip despite the ceasefire.
On March 15, nine police officers were also killed in a targeted Israeli strike on their vehicle while they were on duty in central Gaza, in one of the deadliest attacks on police.
The Ministry of Interior and National Security in Gaza said that Israel targeted them while they were “performing their duties monitoring markets and maintaining security and public order.”
The Ministry also noted that the repeated Israeli attacks targeting police facilities and striking police officers and personnel “constitute a war crime and a blatant violation of international humanitarian law, as police facilities are civilian protection institutions safeguarded under international law and must not be targeted.”
Hamas slammed Sunday's attack as a “continuation of the crimes and terrorism against our people to perpetuate the state of lawlessness, sow chaos, and hinder any efforts to recover and restore normalcy to Gaza.”
It called on the international community, mediators, and guarantors of the ceasefire agreement to "impose an end to the occupation's aggression and daily violations."
The group also called for "providing the necessary protection and relief to the Palestinian people."
According to Palestinians and rights groups, such attacks are part of Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians, as it seeks to dismantle the enclave’s security and justice structures by undermining public order and spreading chaos and insecurity.
Israel has violated the ceasefire which took effect in October more than 2,800 times, killing hundreds and blocking the entry of much-needed aid.
Israeli forces have killed more than 830 Palestinians since the ceasefire, including over 300 children, women, and the elderly.
Over 72,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since the war began on October 7, 2023.
United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk condemned Israel’s recent attacks in the Gaza Strip, saying that “the unrelenting pattern of killings” reflects Israel’s “sweeping impunity”.
“Palestinians are still being killed and injured in what is left of their homes, shelters and tents of displaced families, on the streets, in vehicles, at a medical facility and a classroom,” Turk said.
