Israel still hunting Hamas fighters….
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 26 people across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including a strike in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone that killed three children and two high-ranking police officers, according to Palestinian and hospital officials. Israel said the strike targeted a senior member of Hamas’ internal security apparatus.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Thursday he authorized a delegation from the country’s intelligence services and military to continue negotiations in Qatar toward a ceasefire deal in Gaza.
There was no immediate comment from Hamas. American, Qatari and Egyptian mediators have spent nearly a year trying to broker a ceasefire and hostage release, but their efforts have repeatedly stalled.
The Israeli military also claimed responsibility Thursday for a commando raid in western Syria last September that destroyed what it said was an Iranian-led missile factory….
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Another Israeli strike killed at least eight Palestinians in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. The men were members of local committees that help secure aid convoys, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which received the bodies. An Associated Press reporter there confirmed the toll.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the strike.
In southern Gaza, Israel’s military killed five policemen in eastern Khan Younis. Israeli government spokesman David Mencer said the strike targeted the head of the Hamas internal security force in southern Gaza.
“Where did we find him? Where else, but of course hiding in the humanitarian zone in Khan Younis, where Gazans are sheltering from this war,” Mencer said.
Israel has repeatedly targeted the police in Gaza during 15 months of war, contributing to a breakdown of law and order in the territory that has made it difficult for humanitarian groups to deliver aid. Israel accuses the militant Hamas group of hijacking aid for its own purposes.
The Hamas-run government had a police force numbering in the tens of thousands that maintained a high degree of public security before the war, while also violently suppressing dissent. Now officers have largely vanished from the streets in many areas…
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