Hamas says three of its police officers killed in Gaza attack

DPA

Three Hamas police officers have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said on Sunday.

The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that a civilian was also injured when an Israeli drone fired on a group in the east of Rafah city in the south of the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas stated that the deceased were police officers for the organization who had been securing humanitarian aid deliveries. They claimed that this was a "serious violation" by Israel of the ceasefire agreement.

The Israeli military reported that several armed individuals approached Israeli troops in the southern Gaza Strip. Subsequently, they were attacked by the air force, and "hits were identified," according to the army. The army reiterated calls to residents of the Gaza Strip not to approach the troops stationed there.