Israeli strikes kill soldier in Gaza, Palestinian medics say | Israel-Palestine War News

Another 17 people were injured in the attack that took place on Naseem al-Kalazani’s car west of Khan Younis city.

The head of the Interior Ministry in Gaza has been killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to Palestinian medics and Hamas sources.

Doctors on Wednesday said Naseem al-Kalazani, a police colonel, was killed in an Israeli attack on his car near the al-Mawasi area west of the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

The attack injured at least 17 other people, he added.

Al-Kalazani led an anti-narcotics unit in Khan Younis, Hamas military sources said.

Meanwhile, Israel stepped up its attacks, killing at least three Palestinians near the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, health officials at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital said, bringing the day’s toll to at least four.

There was no immediate comment from Israel on any threats.

Violence in Gaza continues despite the United States’ “ceasefire” in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict itself It started working in October. Israel continues to attack Palestinians on an almost daily basis, and Israel and Hamas have accused each other of violating the agreement.

At least 830 Palestinians have been killed during the “ceasefire”, according to local medics, while Israel says Hamas has killed four of its own soldiers during the same period.

Israel says the strikes are aimed at thwarting efforts by Hamas and other Palestinian militias to carry out attacks against its forces.

Israel’s defense minister met earlier this week to discuss it renewing the murderous waramid increasing military pressure to do so, after Hamas refused to commit to Israel’s decision to disarm.

Hamas gave a pass, insisting that its weapons would only be responded to as part of a framework that extends to the Palestinian state. Hamas also demanded that Israel stop expanding its control over Gaza and increase the flow of aid there.

Although there has been a reduced threat of aid entering Gaza since the reopening of the Zikim crossing, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the humanitarian situation is still deteriorating.

More than 72,500 Palestinians have been killed since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023.