An Israeli airstrike struck on Thursday a police station in Jabalia, located in the northern Gaza Strip, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens, according to local health authorities.
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Gaza City, April 24, 2025. Reuters/Mahmoud Issa
An Israeli airstrike struck on Thursday a police station in Jabalia, located in the northern Gaza Strip, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens, according to local health authorities.
The Israeli military stated that the target was a command and control center operated by Hamas and the allied Palestinian Islamic Jihad, used by militants to plan and execute attacks against Israeli forces.
Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad have seen their influence wane in recent years. However, small urban guerrilla groups remain active, often embedding themselves within civilian populations to shield their operations—a longstanding tactic of these movements. The Israeli military accused the groups of exploiting civilians and civilian infrastructure for military purposes.
This airstrike is part of Israel’s ongoing operations in Gaza, resumed after a two-month ceasefire collapsed in March 2025, aimed at dismantling militant infrastructure.
A Lebanese official denied on Thursday a Reuters report that Beirut had agreed with Israel to a shortlist of countries that could send troops to Lebanon to verify the disarmament of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and said it was following up on the issue with Washington.
Israel won't withdraw from southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed, the defence minister said on Thursday, qualifying remarks he made a day earlier that had suggested Israeli forces would occupy the territory indefinitely and drew U.S. criticism.
Israeli troops clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while trying to disperse them from a West Bank outpost they set up directly in front of Palestinian homes, and later withdrew from the area after failing to clear the settlers, witnesses said.
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