At least 68 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including the head of Gaza's Hamas-controlled police force, his deputy, and nine displaced people. The attack, which occurred in a designated humanitarian zone, drew condemnation from the UN and raised concerns about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Israel i airstrikes killed at least 68 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including at a tent camp where the head of the enclave's Hamas -controlled police force, his deputy and nine displaced people died, Gaza authorities said. Israel said the deputy was the head of Palestinian militant group Hamas ' security forces in southern Gaza .
The attack occurred in the Al-Mawasi district, which was designated as a humanitarian zone for civilians earlier in the 14-month-old war between Israel and Hamas, which rules Gaza. The director general of Gaza's police department, Mahmoud Salah, and his aide, Hussam Shahwan, who were checking on residents of the camp, were killed in the strike, according to the Hamas-run Gaza interior ministry. 'By committing the crime of assassinating the director general of police in the Gaza Strip, the occupation is insisting on spreading chaos in the (enclave) and deepening the human suffering of citizens,' it added in a statement. The Israeli military said it had conducted an intelligence-based strike in Al-Mawasi, just west of the city of Khan Younis, and eliminated Shahwan, saying he led Hamas forces in south Gaza. It made no mention of Salah's death. 'As the year begins, we got... another reminder that there is no humanitarian zone let alone a safe zone' in Gaza, Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, said in a post on X. 'Every day without a ceasefire will bring more tragedy.' Thursday's death toll was among the highest of recent weeks. Other Israeli airstrikes killed at least 57 Palestinians, including six in the interior ministry headquarters in Khan Younis and others in north Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp, the Shati (Beach) camp, central Gaza's Maghazi camp and Gaza City. Israel's military said it had targeted Hamas militants, who intelligence indicated were operating in a command and control center 'embedded inside the Khan Younis municipality building in the Humanitarian Area'
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