Israel kills nine in Gaza as Egypt hosts new ceasefire talks

An Israeli airstrike on a Hamas-led police station in the Gaza Strip killed five Palestinians and wounded at least 16 others, as mediators began new efforts to salvage a fragile US-brokered ceasefire deal.



Medics did not say how many of the casualties were police.



The strike hit a police post adjacent to a large tent encampment of displaced families in Khan Younis in the south of the enclave.



The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the incident.



Israel has stepped up attacks against police headquarters and personnel in the past several months, killing dozens of them, according to Hamas security officials.



Major fighting has been paused since October under a ceasefire after two years of war, but no agreement has been reached to implement a further US-backed plan for Israeli troops to withdraw, Hamas to disarm and Gaza to be rebuilt.

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