Israeli gunfire killed at least 17 Palestinians and wounded dozens as thousands of displaced people approached anaid distribution site run by a U.S.-backed humanitarian group in central Gaza on Tuesday,

A 10-year-old Palestinian boy who survived an Israeli air strike in Gaza last month which killed his father and nine siblings was due to arrive in Italy Wednesday for treatment.Adam and his mother, paediatrician Alaa al-Najjar,

The starvation of Gaza can be measured in the jutting ribs of a 6-year-old girl. In the twig-like thinness of her arms. In the pounds she and those around her have lost. In the two tomatoes, two green chili peppers and single cucumber a destitute child can buy to feed his family that day.

With much of Gaza in rubble, men, women and children were forced to hold the traditional Eid al-Adha prayers in the open air and with food supplies dwindling, families were having to make do with what they could scrape together for the three-day feast.

Israel says it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage kidnapped into Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. The Prime Minister’s office said that the body of Thai citizen Nattapong Pinta was returned to Israel in a special military operation.

Now, as the presumed new Hamas commander in Gaza, Izz al-Din al-Haddad holds the fate of the hostages and, to a large extent, the entire Strip in his blood-stained hands. “He was always recognised by our people as one of the more capable commanders,” said Maj Gen Yaakov Amidror, Israel’s former national security adviser.

Greta Thunberg has been deported from Israel after the humanitarian aid ship she was aboard was intercepted by the Israeli military and towed to the port city of Ashdod.

According to the enclave's Health Ministry, 106 people were killed in 24 hours. Humanitarian aid, which Israel had entirely cut off for two months, has been trickling back in since May 19.