Categories: Just Politics

Israeli strikes kill 10 police officers, 16 others in Gaza

Israel carried out its heaviest airstrikes in Gaza in weeks on Saturday, January 31, 2026, killing 26 people.

Despite the tenuous ceasefire agreed between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, Israeli warplanes targeted the Sheikh Radwan police station west of Gaza City, killing 10 officers and detainees.

Rescue teams were searching for more casualties at the site, said the police, who are run by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Another airstrike hit an apartment in Gaza City killing three children and two women, according to officials at Shifa hospital in the city.

Seven more were killed in a strike at a tent encampment in Khan Younis further south.

Israel becomes first country to recognise Somaliland as independent state

An Israeli military source told Reuters that the strikes were carried out in response to an incident on Friday in which troops identified eight gunmen emerging from a tunnel in Rafah, an area in southern Gaza where Israeli forces are presently deployed under the October ceasefire agreement.

Three of the gunmen were killed by the forces and a fourth, whom the Israeli military described as a key Hamas commander in the area, was arrested.

Hamas did not comment on the incident, which the military source said constituted a violation of the ceasefire, and it blamed Israel for breaching the truce.

The Star

Segun Ojo

Recent Posts

Officer Woos threatens legal action over viral NAFDAC arrest claims

Popular Nigerian content creator and skit maker, Jubril Oladapo Gbadamosi, popularly known as Officer Woos,…

3 hours ago

‘My husband hasn’t kissed me since we married’ – Newlywed cries out

A newly married pregnant woman has sparked reactions on social media after revealing that her…

3 hours ago

Sunday Igboho gives Fulani leaders two-hour deadline over abducted Oyo residents

Yoruba nation agitator and youth leader, Sunday Adeyemo, has issued a two-hour ultimatum to Fulani…

3 hours ago

Why the centre-states’ partnership and alignment matter, By TUNDE RAHMAN

By TUNDE RAHMAN Twenty-seven years into unbroken democracy, Nigeria’s federal structure remains our best tool…

3 hours ago

Troops arrest terrorist in Zamfara school

Troops of the 1 Brigade have arrested a suspected terrorist at the Government Science Secondary…

4 hours ago

NAF airstrike neutralises terrorists in Kaduna

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has carried out a precision airstrike against suspected terrorist elements…

4 hours ago

This website uses cookies.