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Nine Palestinians, including police officers, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a police station in Gaza on Wednesday, according to medics. The Hamas-led interior ministry identified the location as the headquarters of the municipal police. Fifteen other individuals were wounded in the attack.

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several officers, some of them high-ranking, were among those killed at what the Hamas-led interior ministry said was the headquarters of the municipal police.

Earlier the same day, a separate Israeli airstrike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza killed one Palestinian, bringing the total death toll for Wednesday to at least 10. The Israeli military stated that the strike in Nuseirat targeted a Hamas militant but has not yet commented on the police station airstrike.

These strikes come as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict appear stalled. US envoy Jared Kushner recently concluded a trip to the region without advancing Donald Trump's peace plan. A potential breakthrough in late July, where Trump announced Hamas had accepted a roadmap involving phased disarmament and Israeli withdrawal, was rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu insisted on complete disarmament before any withdrawal, while Hamas demanded adherence to a ceasefire and Israeli troop withdrawal.

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the Israeli military said that strike had targeted a Hamas militant.

Both sides have disputed the sequencing of Trump's plan. Hamas has indicated that continued Israeli targeted attacks could influence their stance on a ceasefire agreement, according to a Hamas official who spoke to mediators Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey. The official did not elaborate further. The recent killings are seen as a blow to Kushner's diplomatic efforts, despite assurances given to Hamas leaders that Israel would be compelled to end targeted attacks.

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if there was no halt to Israel's targeted attacks 'it would influence their stance on the agreement'.