Israel kills at least 12 Palestinians in Gaza amid ‘ceasefire’
Hamas says the Israeli escalation represents the failure of the international community to uphold the truce in Gaza.
Israeli forces have killed 12 Palestinians in attacks throughout Gaza, medical sources in the enclave tell Al Jazeera, as Israel continues its daily violations of the ceasefire struck last year.
An Israeli attack on a police vehicle on Friday killed at least eight people, including three civilian bystanders, in Khan Younis. A separate attack in Gaza City also killed two police officers.
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Two other people were killed in the bombing of a house in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza.
Gaza’s Ministry of Interior called on the international community on Friday to intervene and end the Israeli targeting of local police forces working to restore security in civilian areas.
It said the attack in Khan Younis came after security forces intervened to break up a fight in the area.
“The continued silence of international organisations … regarding the targeting of civilian police officers constitutes complicity with the Israeli occupation, encouraging it to commit further crimes against a civilian institution protected under international law,” the ministry said.
“We emphasise that the police force provides services to citizens in the Gaza Strip across various aspects of daily life. There is absolutely no justification for targeting it or killing its personnel.”
Israel has been systemically killing police officers in Gaza, as it allies itself with criminal gangs in the occupied territory.
During its genocidal war on Gaza, which started in October 2023, the Israeli military regularly targeted officers securing aid convoys, which led to intensified looting. That, in turn, deepened the hunger crisis that Israel imposed on the territory.
Al Jazeera was jubilant on October 7, 2023 , celebrating with the rest if the Arab and Muslim world for the Hamas "victory ".
ReplyDeleteI warned on that day the Israeli retribution would be brutal.
The Arab /Muslim world only cried Ah Chee /Ah Chor screaming "genocide" when the Israeli pay back rolled in against what Hamas started.