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Last Updated:February 16, 2025, 14:59 IST
Hamas-led militants released three male Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of a shaky ceasefire deal that requires Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.
Israel and Hamas have exchanged several hostages and Palestinian prisoners as part of a fragile truce. (Reuters/File)
In a possible setback to the fragile deal between Israel and Hamas, the Israeli military on Sunday said its air force carried out a strike on a “several armed individuals" in the Gaza Strip.
“Earlier today, several armed individuals moving toward troops in the southern Gaza Strip were struck by an (Israeli Air Force) aircraft," it said in a statement, just a day after Hamas freed three more hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas said the Israeli strike killed two police officers and wounded another near the southern Gaza city of Rafah. “Two police officers have been martyred, and a third has been critically injured as a result of an Israeli air strike that targeted them while they were deployed to secure aid in the Al-Shouka area, east of Rafah, this morning", the Hamas interior ministry said in a statement.
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Location :Jerusalem, Israel
First Published:February 16, 2025, 14:59 IST
News world 2 Killed In Israeli Strike Against 'Armed Individuals' In Gaza Amid Fragile Ceasefire Deal
