Israeli strike kills at least seven at Gaza police checkpoint
GAZA: An airstrike hit a police checkpoint in Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip early on Saturday, killing at least six people and injuring several others, medics said. It was not immediately clear whether all those killed were police members. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
According to Al-Jazeera, at least seven Palestinians were killed, others wounded, in Israeli strikes across the central and southern Gaza Strip.
A series of Israeli strikes has killed dozens of Hamas-led police force members since October, according to medics and police sources.
Israel and Hamas reached a US-brokered deal last October that was meant to halt violence in the Palestinian territory. Both sides accuse each other of breaching the agreement.
Ten days before US-Israeli attacks on Iran plunged the region into war, Trump hosted a conference in Washington that saw Gulf Arab states pledge billions for the governance and reconstruction of Gaza after a two-year pulverisation by Israel.
Trump’s Board of Peace envisages large-scale rebuilding of the coastal enclave after the disarmament of Hamas and the withdrawal of Israeli troops.
One of the sources, a person with direct knowledge of the peace board’s operations, said that out of the 10 countries that pledged funds, only three — the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and the US itself — had contributed funding.
NCAG could not enter Gaza due to both funding and security issues, the source added.
Since the start of Israeli attacks in October 2023, the total death toll in Gaza has risen to 72,328, while the number of injured has reached 172,184.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza released a written statement sharing updated information regarding Israel’s attacks, which have been ongoing since October 2023. The statement said that in the last 48 hours, the bodies of 11 Palestinians who died in Israeli attacks and 26 injured people were brought to hospitals in Gaza.
Since the ceasefire was declared in Gaza on October 10, 749 Palestinians have lost their lives, 2,082 have been injured, and the bodies of 759 have been recovered. Monitoring Desk
