Israeli strike on police post in north Gaza kills seven, officials say
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- Israeli military drone fired four missiles at a Hamas-run police post near a busy market in Jabalia, killing at least seven people including Col Mohammed Marwan Salem, the local police station head, per witnesses and officials.
- Hamas-run interior ministry condemned the strike as a "massacre"; the Israeli military confirmed it targeted "terrorists."
- Israeli forces killed two more Palestinians in southern Gaza the same day: a man in a Khan Younis air strike and 10-year-old Muataz Abu Shaar, shot by Israeli gunfire in Rafah — an incident the IDF has not yet commented on.
- Israel and Hamas both accuse each other of near-daily violations of the October ceasefire, with Gaza's health ministry reporting at least 1,110 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire and the Israeli military reporting four soldiers killed in Palestinian attacks since then.
- The Gaza war death toll since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack has reached more than 73,230, per the territory's health ministry.
Why it matters: An Israeli drone strike on a Hamas police post in a market area killed the local commander plus six others — one of several incidents both sides now frame as near-daily ceasefire violations. Since the October truce, Gaza's health ministry counts 1,110 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire and Israel reports four soldiers killed, showing the ceasefire's erosion measured in daily body counts rather than formal denunciation.
