Airstrike hits Bureij checkpoint; series of Israeli attacks have killed dozens of Hamas-led police since October
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike that targeted a police vehicle in Zawaida, in the central Gaza Strip. Photo: AFP
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.
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.
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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.
Even after a ceasefire was agreed last October, Israeli attacks have killed at least 700 people in Gaza according to health officials there, while attacks have killed four soldiers according to Israel.
