Gaza, May 8, 2025: An Israeli airstrike struck a police station in Jabalia, northern Gaza, on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more, according to local health officials. The facility, located near a busy marketplace, was hit by two missiles in what the Israeli military claimed was a targeted strike on a Hamas and Islamic Jihad command center.
Medical teams rushed to the scene as casualties mounted, but the identities of those killed have not yet been confirmed. The Israeli military, in a statement, alleged the site was being used to coordinate attacks against its forces and reiterated accusations that Palestinian factions operate from within civilian infrastructure—an allegation Hamas and Islamic Jihad deny.
Elsewhere in Gaza, at least 34 additional people were killed in a series of airstrikes, pushing Thursday’s total death toll to 44. The ongoing bombardment has intensified in recent days amid a collapse in ceasefire negotiations.
Gaza’s Ministry of Health also reported that Durra Children’s Hospital in Gaza City has been forced out of service following damage sustained in an air raid a day earlier. The top floors—housing the intensive care unit and the hospital’s solar power system—were partially destroyed. No fatalities were reported in that strike, and the Israeli military has not issued a comment on the incident.
The Israeli army confirmed that one soldier was killed and two others—an officer and a reservist—were seriously injured during operations in northern Gaza on Thursday.
Since the breakdown of ceasefire talks in mid-March, over 1,900 Palestinians have been killed in renewed Israeli operations, the majority of them civilians, according to Gaza health authorities. The escalating conflict has decimated Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure, with many hospitals no longer operational and critical medical supplies dwindling.
The war, reignited by Hamas’s October 2023 assault on Israel—which left approximately 1,200 people dead and 251 taken hostage—has since resulted in the deaths of more than 51,300 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Israel has expanded its military control over several areas of Gaza, displacing large segments of the population and designating parts of the territory as buffer zones.
Diplomatic efforts led by Egypt and Qatar, with backing from the United States, have so far failed to bridge the divide between Hamas and Israel.
