A Zionist police officer was killed and five were wounded when a gunman opened fire along the Route 4 highway north of the occupied coastal city of Ashdod Tuesday.

The dead officer was critically wounded in the attack, and died of his injuries on the way to the hospital, medical officials and police said.

The incident is the latest in a series of deadly attacks.

Last Wednesday, a man was killed in a stabbing attack in Hadera.

Days earlier, Sgt.

Shira Suslik, 19, a Border Police officer, was killed by a gunman at the central bus station in Beersheba.

Ten other people were wounded in the attack.

Earlier this month, seven people were killed and at least eight were wounded in a shooting and stabbing attack in Jaffa, one of the deadliest attacks in 'Israel' in recent years.

Hamas Resistance Movement hailed the attack, considering that it is a normal reaction to the Israeli crimes in Gaza, West Bank and all the confrontation fields.

Hamas called for more painful attacks against the Zionist enemy, underlining escalating all fronts against the Israeli enemy.