GAZA CITY (VINnews) — Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil, the director of police for Gaza Governorate, was killed Thursday when an Israeli airstrike hit his vehicle in southwestern Gaza City, Palestinian officials and medical sources said.

Abu Kamil, 43, was killed on Al-Rashid Street, according to the Gaza Interior Ministry. Several other people were wounded in the strike, medical sources said.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the reported strike in Gaza City. It said separately that an airstrike in Khan Younis killed a Hamas company commander who was allegedly planning attacks against Israeli forces.

The strikes came after a weeklong pause in Israeli airstrikes and as negotiations continue over a U.S.-backed proposal for Hamas to disarm and for Israeli forces to gradually withdraw from Gaza.