Gaza’s Ministry of Interior and National Security has said in a statement that the Israeli attack on police officers in the Gaza Strip killed two policemen in the al-Shawka area east of Rafah, Al Jazeera reports.

It said the policemen were deployed in the area to secure the entry of aid trucks into Gaza. A third policeman was injured, it added.

It said it “condemns this crime and calls on the mediators and the international community to pressure the occupation to stop targeting the police force as a civilian body that provides services to maintain the security of citizens and organize their daily affairs”.

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