The head of the Hamas police was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza, medics said

Medics say an Israeli airstrike on a tent city housing displaced families in southern Gaza has killed at least 11 Palestinians, including the Hamas-run territory’s police chief.

Three children and two women were also reported to have been among the dead in al-Mawasi, west of the town of Khan Younis.

The Hamas-run interior ministry condemned what it called the “assassination” of police director-general Mahmoud Salah and his assistant Hussam Shahwan, who it said were “carrying out their humanitarian and national duty.”

The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.

The military has declared a sandy strip of land along the coast in Al Mawasi a “humanitarian zone” for Palestinians displaced by the war with Hamas. But he has repeatedly attacked him, accusing Hamas operatives of hiding among displaced civilians.

The recent cold, wet weather has worsened conditions in the makeshift camp.

Over the past day, Israeli aircraft have also carried out deadly strikes on the Gaza City suburbs further north in Jabalia and Bureij in central Gaza – from where the Israeli military says rockets were fired into southern Israel at the start of the attack. new year