The Israeli army said on Sunday that its forces had killed three Palestinian police officers in Gaza, in the latest violation of an ongoing ceasefire agreement in the enclave.
A military statement said Mansour Sami Shahtout, commander of the Gaza maritime police, was killed in a strike in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza on Friday.
The army said two more policemen were killed in the same attack, claiming that the three “posed a threat” to Israeli forces in Gaza.
Gaza’s Interior Ministry mourned the three policemen, saying their deaths “reflect Israel’s insistence on spreading chaos in Gaza.”
The ministry also renewed its call on the international community and the guarantors of the ceasefire agreement to pressure Israel to halt attacks on the police force.
