Hamas's police chief, Mahmoud Salah, and his aide, Hussam Shahwan, were killed in a strike in the al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Thursday, citing Palestinian reports.

At least 11 Palestinians were killed during a fresh round of strikes carried out by Israel on the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis.

The Israel Defense Forces have confirmed the killing of Hussam Shawan, head of Hamas's internal security in southern Gaza, during an airstrike. Shawan was targeted due to his role in violent interrogations and intelligence activities against Israeli forces.

Israeli forces assassinate Gaza's police chief and massacre dozens of civilians in a deadly new wave of aggression.

Israel struck a declared humanitarian zone in southern Gaza overnight, which rescuers on Thursday said killed the head of the Palestinian territory's Hamas-run police force, his deputy and nine others.

Hamas's police chief, Mahmoud Salah, was killed in a strike in the al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Thursday, citing Palestinian reports. According to Israel's public broadcaster KAN, Husam Sahwan, who reportedly served in the past as the head of the Hamas police investigative unit, was also killed in the strike.

The strike hit a tent in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone known as Muwasi, where thousands of displaced people are sheltering.

Israel's military said Thursday that it had killed Gaza's police chief in an airstrike on the enclave's Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone outside the southern city of Khan Younis.

Israel warned Wednesday that it will intensify its strikes in Gaza if Hamas keeps up its rocket fire, as Palestinian rescuers reported dozens of deaths from Israeli strikes on the first day of the New Year.

The Israel Air Force conducted an intelligence-based strike in Khan Yunis and claimed that they eliminated Hassam Shahwan, Hamas' Internal Security Forces chief