At least five Palestinians have been killed in Israeli drone attacks targeting two police posts in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip and the al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis in the south, as Israel continues its more than two-year war on the devastated enclave.

The attacks overnight into Friday were condemned by Hamas as undermining mediator efforts during a "ceasefire" phase that Israel has violated almost daily since October 10.

Medical sources at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis reported the arrival of three bodies and several wounded individuals following an Israeli military strike on a police checkpoint at the al-Maslakh intersection in al-Mawasi. The sources said the strike occurred in an area outside Israeli military control and described the condition of some wounded as critical.

In the central Gaza Strip, two Palestinians were killed and others injured in a similar Israeli drone strike targeting a police post at the entrance to the Bureij refugee camp.

Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said the rising death toll from ongoing Israeli bombardment across Gaza reflects "the Zionist occupation's blatant disregard for mediator efforts and its complete disregard for the Peace Council and its role".

Qassem added in a statement that Israel is continuing its war of extermination against the Palestinian people, despite some changes in form and method, indicating that "the talk of guarantor states about stopping the war lacks any real substance on the ground".

Source: www.aljazeera.com