An Israeli drone strike has killed Colonel Jamal Abu Kamil, the head of the civil police force in Gaza City, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Interior.
The 43-year-old police chief was killed on Thursday when an Israeli drone fired three missiles at his vehicle on al-Rashid Street, southwest of Gaza City. Two other people were also injured in the strike, reports Al Jazeera.
The killing came a day after Israel ended a weeklong pause in air raids on the Gaza Strip. The pause did not halt deadly ground attacks, as Israel continues to violate a so-called “ceasefire” agreed to in October.
The Israeli military said Abu Kamil was targeted to “remove a threat”, claiming, without providing evidence, that he was a Hamas commander.
Gaza’s police force rejected the allegation, saying in a statement that Abu Kamil “committed to his police duties and has no connection to other activities”.
Gaza’s Ministry of Interior said Abu Kamil “was assassinated” in the Israeli strike.
Hamas also condemned the killing, describing it as “a continuation of the brutal crimes committed by the occupation against our Palestinian people” and its “pathetic and failed attempts to spread chaos and lawlessness in the Gaza Strip”.
Earlier on Thursday, an Israeli strike targeted a motorbike carrying two people in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. One person was killed and the other was critically wounded. Israel again claimed it had targeted a Hamas commander, but provided no evidence to support the allegation.
Source: Al Jazeera
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