An Israeli airstrike against a Hamas police position in the southern Gaza Strip killed one and injured three early Saturday, Palestinian officials and the army said.
Hamas said one of its men was killed in the attack near the former settlement of Morag in southern Gaza. Palestinian medics said three others were injured.
The army said it struck a Hamas position following repeated rocket and mortar fire from Gaza toward towns in southern Israel. Four mortars were launched Friday against Israel, the army said.
Most of the rocket fire toward Israel has been carried out of the small, radical Islamic Jihad movement. But Gaza's Hamas rulers, who overtook the strip by force in June, have done nothing to stop the daily fire.
Hamas police were seen taking precautions on Saturday after the attack, with many leaving their posts, working from makeshift locations and with a smaller visible presence on the streets.
Ehab al-Ghussen, a spokesman for the Hamas-run interior ministry, however, said the police would not be deterred by the airstrike.
"There is a serious escalation by the occupation against the Palestinian security establishment in Gaza," he said. "These threats are not going to block our efforts to achieve our goals. We have alternative plans, and we are working to protect our personnel and our establishment."
He did not elaborate what kind of measures Hamas may take.
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