Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israeli special forces captured the head of Hamas's internal security service in a ground operation in Gaza.
Netanyahu said the man, whom he did not name, was "engaged in attempts to restore Hamas's governance in Gaza and in deception concerning the demilitarisation of the Strip".
Israel's military and Shin Bet security service said a special forces unit arrested him in Gaza City on Tuesday and then took him to Israel for questioning.
Israeli air strikes carried out during the raid killed at least four Palestinians, including two children and a woman, medics said. Hamas condemned Israel's actions as a "grave crime" and violation of their ceasefire.
On Tuesday morning, Palestinians in the crowded Katiba area of western Gaza City reported heavy Israeli bombardment, with two vehicles hit and turned to wreckage.
Videos captured chaotic scenes, with the sound of gunfire and the aftermath of strikes.
"A jeep stopped in the middle of the street and started firing indiscriminately left and right. It carried on firing at us like rain for more than 15 minutes," Wafika al-Helou, who lives in a tent in the area, told AFP news agency. “It was terrifying.”
Another witness, Mutaz Abu Asr, said there were five or six strikes in less than three minutes.
