GAZA CITY // Unidentified assailants blew up the car of a Hamas security official in Gaza during the night, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
“A home-made bomb damaged a car belonging to a military police officer which was parked in front of his house in Gaza City, without causing casualties,” Gaza interior ministry spokesman Iyad Al Buzum said.
Witnesses said the car belonged to Helmi Khalaf, administrative and financial manager of the Hamas-run military police.
It was unclear who carried out the alleged attack.
It came after Hamas police arrested several dozen hardline protesters who tried to storm the French cultural centre in Gaza City on Monday, threatening the lives of staff and chanting slogans against satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
A series of explosions in November targeted officials of Hamas' rival Fatah, which is headed by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, but caused no injuries.
Observers have warned of the dangers of Hamas losing control inside Gaza to extremists, including salafists with whom it has clashed in the past.
A 50-day war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel last year killed more than 2,200 people, destroyed tens of thousands of homes and left more than 100,000 people homeless.
* Agence France-Presse
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