Gaza creates tourism police force
The Interior Ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip is establishing a police force to protect tourist and hotel facilities after threats and attacks against some of those facilities by militants against the backdrop of holding mixed-gender concerts.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The commander of police in the Gaza Strip, Maj. Gen. Mahmoud Salah, announced Aug. 23 the Interior Ministry’s decision to establish a security force dubbed the “tourism police” to protect tourist and entertainment facilities in the coastal enclave.
The announcement came during a meeting Salah held with representatives of the Palestinian Committee for Restaurants, Hotels and Tourism Services and owners of tourist facilities in the Gaza Strip.
Salah urged the owners of these facilities to cooperate with the security authorities to ensure the success of the mission of this new force. He stressed that the police force is exerting utmost efforts to pursue outlaws who attack or attempt to harm tourist facilities inside the Gaza Strip.
In recent weeks, several tourist facilities and restaurants in the Gaza Strip faced threats and attacks by militants against the backdrop of the holding of mixed-gender concerts.
