CAIRO, April 11 (Reuters) – Two Israeli air strikes hit Gaza this Saturday, killing at least seven people and injuring several others, officials from the enclave’s Ministry of Health said.
An airstrike early Saturday hit a police checkpoint in the Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip, killing at least six people, while a second airstrike hit Beit Lahiya, killing at least one person, authorities said.
It was not immediately clear how many of those killed in the first attack were members of the police.
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The Israeli army said the attack in Bureij was carried out after members of the Hamas militant group approached the yellow line demarcating the half of the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip. There was no immediate comment on the attack in Beit Lahiya.
Israel has repeatedly fired at people in areas around the yellow line since the ceasefire agreement was reached in October, often accusing militants of trying to cross the line or attack troops.
A series of Israeli attacks have killed dozens of members of the Hamas-led police force since October, according to doctors and law enforcement sources. Israeli airstrikes killed at least 25 people in Gaza this week.
Israel and Hamas reached an agreement with US mediation in October last year, with the aim of stopping violence in Palestinian territory.
Since then, Israeli strikes have killed at least 700 people in Gaza, according to health officials there. Militant attacks killed four soldiers there, according to Israel.
(Reporting by Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Hatem Maher and Pesha Magid)
