Hamas delegation went to Cairo for negotiations, and Israeli airstrikes hit the Palestinian central region, killing nine police officers
Gaza - The Interior Ministry, controlled by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, stated that on Sunday, Israeli airstrikes hit a police car, killing nine police officers in the central region of Palestine, with the previously reported number of deaths being eight, who have now been hospitalized. AFP reported that according to an informed source from the Palestinian Islamic Movement, the airstrike occurred as the Hamas delegation was preparing to meet Egyptian officials in Cairo. The Cairo delegation, led by Hamas official Nizar Rayyan, "demanded an immediate end to all violations of the ceasefire agreement and called on Israel to implement the second phase of the ceasefire agreement and open the Gaza crossing points."
The Gaza Civil Defense Department also reported earlier that another Israeli airstrike killed four people.
When AFP asked the Israeli military about these two incidents, the military stated that they were investigating the reports.
The Gaza Interior Ministry, under Hamas leadership, accused the Israeli military of "committing an abhorrent crime on Sunday afternoon by attacking a police car carrying multiple police officers and staff in the central province of Gaza."
The victims included Colonel Iyad Abu Yusuf, the police chief of the central province of Gaza.
Previously, Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah stated that it had received the bodies of "eight martyrs" killed in the airstrike in the Zawaida town in the central Gaza area.
Hamas condemned the incident, stating: "This despicable act reflects the false face of the occupier, as well as its naked policy aimed at continuing the genocide war and exacerbating the humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip."
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into effect on October 10 last year. However, both sides have frequently accused each other of violating the ceasefire agreement afterward.
Earlier on Sunday, the Gaza Civil Defense Agency (a rescue force under Hamas command) stated that an Israeli airstrike killed four people in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Hamas Spokesperson Hazem Kasim condemned the airstrike in a statement as "a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement."
On Sunday, Israel said it would partially reopen the Rafah border crossing point located at the border between the Palestinian territory of Gaza and Egypt.
Source: rfi
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