Policewoman killed in southern Israel suspected shooting attack

Israeli police on Sunday said a female border officer was killed in a suspected shooting attack on a bus station that first responders say injured 10 others.

The incident took place a day before the first anniversary of Israel's brutal war in Gaza, which has killed nearly 42,000 Palestinians.

"Paramedics have pronounced a 25-year-old female deceased, and are evacuating 10 casualties," emergency service provider Magen David Adom said in a statement.

Police identified the victim as Sergeant Shira Haya Suslik, a member of the border police, and said she "fell during an encounter with a terrorist in an attack that occurred today at the central bus station in Beersheba."

Police said the incident was being treated as a "suspected terrorist attack".

"A number of injured on the scene. The terrorist was neutralised at the scene and many police forces of the southern district are at the scene," said a police spokesman in a statement.

Hamas praised the "heroic" attack, saying it "came in defence of our people, our land, and our holy sites".

The incident comes just days after a shooting attack last week in which seven people were killed in Israel's commercial hub of Tel Aviv.

The Tel Aviv attack came as Iran fired about 200 missiles at Israel, in retaliation for the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Monday will see one year of Israeli aggression on Gaza and Lebanon, where tens of thousands have been killed by Tel Aviv's bombardment. Israel's actions have been labelled as a genocide by several world leaders, UN agencies and NGOs.