There has been increased lawlessness in Gaza since Israel began targeting police officers last year<\/a>, citing their role in Hamas governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the police force had “conducted violent interrogations of the Gazan population, violating human rights and suppressing dissent”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Hassam Shahwan was responsible for developing intelligence assessments in coordination with elements of Hamas’s military wing in attacks on the IDF in the Gaza Strip,” it alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The military also said it had taken “numerous steps” to mitigate the risk of harming civilians prior to the strike on al-Mawasi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three brothers aged seven, 11 and 13 were among the nine other people who were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ahmed, Mohammed and Abdul Rahman al-Bardawil were hit by shrapnel as they slept in their family’s tent, their father Walid said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I woke up to the sound of the explosion. I called my three sleeping sons, but no-one answered. They were martyred immediately,” he told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Social media videos showed the boys’ bodies being transported to a local hospital by a tuk-tuk, as well as their blood-stained mattresses inside a damaged tent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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