Israeli occupation forces kill the director of the Civil Defense Operations Department and his wife in Gaza.

The Palestinian Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip announced on Sunday the martyrdom of the director of the department's operations, Colonel Ashraf Abu Nar, and his wife as a result of a direct Israeli airstrike that targeted their home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The General Directorate of Civil Defense said in an official statement: "The General Directorate of Civil Defense mourns the martyrdom of Colonel Ashraf Abu Nar, its Director of Operations, in a direct Israeli attack inside his home in the Nuseirat refugee camp. His wife was also martyred."

The statement added that Colonel Abu Nar had held several leadership positions within the force over the past few years, including managing the Gaza, Middle, and Khan Yunis governorates, before assuming responsibility for operations. The statement praised his discipline and commitment to his humanitarian and professional duties.

This bombing comes as part of ongoing Israeli airstrikes targeting various areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn on Sunday, resulting in the deaths of at least 19 Palestinians.

The Israeli occupation army continues to target relief and medical organizations and their staff operating in the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to undermine these organizations' efforts to mitigate the effects of the Israeli war on the Strip's residents.

Israel has been waging a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, with US support. To date, this war has resulted in the deaths and injuries of more than 176,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, as well as more than 11,000 missing and hundreds of thousands displaced.