Israel said it had launched a “precise strike” against Hamas militants operating from two school compounds in northern Gaza, as the family of a slain American lashes out at Israel.

Israel's army says it hit a terrorist command center in Gaza. The U.N. says it was the deadliest strike for its staff during the war.

The White House is pushing back on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stance of keeping Israeli troops along the Philadelphi corridor -- a narrow strip of land on the Gaza side of the Gaza-Egypt border -- saying the prime minister originally agreed to removing troops in the Israel-approved framework that was announced in May.

Global condemnations of Israel's bombing of a UNRWA school continued on Thursday, with Egypt slamming what it called a 'clear violation of international law'.

Israel has repeatedly said it targets Hamas militants, who often hide with civilians and use them as human shields, in retaliation for their Oct. 7 attacks in southern Israel that launched the war in Gaza.