The Israeli military attacked the Gaza Strip for a fourth day on Friday, killing three people, Palestinian health authorities said, in another test of a fragile ceasefire agreement.

Israel’s chief military legal officer, Major-General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, has resigned following the release of a leaked video showing Israeli soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman facility during the 2024 war.

Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was facing an investigation into how the video at a detention facility holding detainees from Gaza was leaked last year.

Following reports of an attack on Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the resumption of the war against Hamas. In a post on X,

Israel has strengthened its security with a series of sweeping military victories in the past two years. It has also become far more isolated internationally, with no clear path ahead.

Yerushalmi, resigned amid a probe into the leak of a video allegedly showing soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee. Her exit follows backlash over her decision to authorise the video’s release during the Gaza war.

The Israeli military attacked the Gaza Strip for a fourth day on Friday, killing three people, Palestinian health authorities said, in another test of a fragile ceasefire agreement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has ordered the army to immediately carry out “powerful strikes” in Gaza, in a new test for a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

Israelis are paying heavy costs for the longest war in their history: a mental health crisis, trauma, unprecedented division during wartime, animosity abroad and apathy for Palestinian suffering.

The United States has spent more than $30 billion on the war in Gaza and associated conflicts in the Middle East, with more than half of this figure devoted to military support for Israel, a new report shared with Newsweek has found.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The Red Cross said it transferred the unidentified remains of three people to Israel late Friday but they were still being examined and may not be those of missing hostages, an Israeli military official said.