Israeli attack on Gaza police station kills nine

An Israeli airstrike on a police station in Gaza killed at least nine people and injured 15 others, according to Palestinian medical sources on Wednesday. The Hamas-controlled police reported a woman among the fatalities, while an Interior Ministry spokesman described it as a "brutal massacre" against police officers. The Israeli military claimed the attack targeted a Hamas commander inside the station, stating another strike hit a second Hamas commander involved in the October 7, 2023, massacre.

Hamas condemned the assault, calling it a "new war crime" and rejecting Israel's assertion that it targeted "resistance leaders" as "baseless and false allegations." The group accused the Israeli government of pushing towards reigniting a war of extermination against Gaza's people. A motorcyclist was also killed in an Israeli attack in Nuseirat earlier, with the incidents following another Israeli strike in Gaza on Tuesday that left six dead.

The Israeli army said it targeted several Hamas commanders planning attacks on Israeli soldiers, though verification was difficult. Ahead of the latest attack, Al Arabiya reported Israel had informed the Trump administration-backed Board of Peace of planned further strikes on Hamas police, though the board aimed for an end to hostilities.

The Times of Israel said an argument erupted between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US mediator Jared Kushner over continued targeted killings, despite a ceasefire since October 2025. Netanyahu has rejected the board's roadmap for a post-war order in Gaza.