Rescuers say death toll from Israeli strike on north Gaza home rises to 23

Israeli bombing in Jabalia kills 23, escalating death toll in Gaza conflict, as Hamas and Israel continue fighting.

Gaza's civil defence agency reported on Friday (April 25, 2025) that the death toll from an Israeli air strike the day before on a house in the north of the Palestinian territory had risen to 23.

"Civil defence teams recovered 11 bodies last night and this morning following the Israeli bombing that targeted a residential house ... in Jabalia," Mohammed al-Mughayyir, an official with the agency, told AFP.

"This is in addition to the 12 victims recovered at the time of the attack yesterday," he added.

Gaza's northern area of Jabalia has repeatedly been a focus Israel's military offensive since the start of the war on October 7, 2023 following Hamas's attack on Israel.

The military has returned to the district several times after announcing it had been cleared of militants, saying Hamas fighters had regrouped there.

In another strike in the area on Thursday, Israel hit what was previously a police station, rescuers said.

The toll from that attack has risen to 11, Mughayyir said, after initially announcing that nine people had been killed.