IDF drone strike hits gunmen in southern Gaza; three Hamas cops reportedly killed
Military says it fired on men approaching troops east of Rafah, again warns Gazans to stay away from soldiers still deployed as per truce deal; 2nd strike was warning to car near soldiers
A view of destruction in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
The Israel Defense Forces said it carried out a pair of drone strikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday — one targeting a group of gunmen who were approaching Israeli forces in one area and the other as a warning when a car drove near soldiers in another.
Palestinian media reported that the first drone strike killed three Hamas police officers east of the city of Rafah in the southern Strip, which the terror group called “a serious violation” of the ceasefire in effect since January 19.
“The IDF continues to call on Gazans to obey the IDF instructions and not approach the forces deployed to the area,” the Israeli military said.
The Hamas-controlled interior ministry in Gaza said it “condemns this crime and calls upon the mediators and the international community to compel the occupation to stop targeting the police force, which is a civil apparatus.”
It claimed the policemen were deployed in the area to secure the entry of aid trucks into Gaza.
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