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An Israeli strike and gunfire killed at least 9 Palestinians, including a 10-year-old boy and a Hamas police chief, in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Gazan health and police officials said.
This death adds to the number of Palestinians who have been killed by Israel’s attacks since the October ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, according to health officials in the area.
The peace stopped major fighting but failed to stop the ongoing violence. Four Israeli soldiers were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza at the same time.
Doctors said Muataz Abu Shaar, 10, was shot on Tuesday by an Israeli shell in Rafah, south of Gaza.
In Jabalia, north of the enclave, an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas-led police station killed at least seven people, including a woman, and wounded several others, medics and police officials said.
The Ministry of Interior led by Hamas in a statement said that the dead included the head of the police force in Jabalia, Col. Mohammad Marwan Salem, and other police officers.
Israel has stepped up its attacks on Hamas security guards and police officers, killing scores of them since October, according to police sources.
Israel wants Hamas to relinquish control of Gaza and disarm. Although the group has said it is ready to relinquish power, it has been resistant to calls to lay down its arms.
In Khan Younis, in the south, an Israeli airstrike killed a 36-year-old man and left three people injured, health officials said. The Israeli military said it had hit a Hamas terrorist.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on any incident in Rafah or Jabalia.
The latest violence came as Hamas leaders visited Cairo for further talks on implementing the second phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan.
The talks include the disarmament of Hamas and the withdrawal of Israeli troops, according to sources close to the talks, who said little progress has been made in recent weeks on reaching a comprehensive agreement to end the conflict.
Nine months after a ceasefire ended Israel’s heaviest offensive, large parts of Gaza are in crisis. Nationally, CBC’s Chris Brown reveals how the collapse of the water grid, severe food shortages, and ongoing military occupation have left the frozen landscape in what is described as ‘humanitarian purgatory.’
Hamas says Israel’s violation of the ceasefire is a major obstacle to the implementation of the second phase of Trump’s plan.
Almost all of Gaza’s two million people, most of whom have been displaced several times, now live in a small area along the coast, mostly in makeshift tents or damaged buildings, under Hamas control.
Hamas-led fighters killed 1,200 people when they attacked Israel crossing the border on October 7, 2023, according to Israeli figures. The Gaza Health Ministry said more than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed in the area since then.
