The Israeli military accused Palestinian militant groups of exploiting civilians and civil properties for military purposes, an allegation Hamas and other factions deny.

An Israeli airstrike on Thursday hit a police station in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, killing no fewer than 10 people. Israel’s military said it had struck a command centre of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad groups.

At least 50 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, health officials and first responders say. Nine people died in the morning when a missile hit a police station in the market area of Jabalia town, in northern Gaza, a local hospital said.