An Israeli airstrike on Thursday struck a police station near a bustling market in Jabalia, northern Gaza, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more, according to local medics.
The Israeli military confirmed the attack, stating that the target was a command and control centre jointly operated by Hamas and the Islamic Jihad militant groups. The facility, according to the statement, was used to coordinate and execute attacks against Israeli forces.
While the identities of those killed remain unconfirmed at the time of filing this report, the strike is part of a broader wave of intensified Israeli operations across the enclave.
Gaza health officials reported that at least 16 more people were killed in separate airstrikes on Thursday, bringing the day’s total death toll to 26. Since the collapse of a temporary ceasefire on March 18, Israeli air and ground offensives have killed more than 1,900 Palestinians, many of them civilians, according to Gaza’s health authorities. The Israeli military maintains it is targeting militant infrastructure.
Israel also accuses Palestinian armed groups of embedding military operations within civilian areas—a claim consistently denied by Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
The ongoing conflict has displaced hundreds of thousands in Gaza, with Israel establishing a so-called “buffer zone” within the strip. Mediation efforts led by Egypt and Qatar, with U.S. support, have yet to produce a breakthrough.
The war began following Hamas’s deadly October 2023 attack on Israel, which killed 1,200 people and saw 251 hostages taken into Gaza. Since then, the death toll in Gaza has surpassed 51,300, according to local health officials.
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