Lebanon said an Israeli strike on Sunday evening near the Syrian border in the country’s east killed four people, as Israel said it had targeted operatives from Palestinian group Islamic Jihad.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas yesterday called for the removal of “all obstacles” he said Israel has imposed on implementing phase two of the Gaza ceasefire.

The United Arab Emirates has drafted plans to build a compound to house thousands of displaced Palestinians in a part of south Gaza under Israeli military control, according to a map seen by Reuters and people briefed on the plans.

Despite a US-brokered truce entering its second phase last month, violence has continued in the Gaza Strip, with Israel and Hamas accusing each other of breaching the agreement

Israeli air strikes killed 32 people, including children, in Gaza yesterday, according to the Palestinian territory’s civil defence agency, as the military said it had attacked in response to a Hamas ceasefire violation.

The Gaza health ministry publishes names and ages of those it records as killed.

Israel is grappling with a dramatic increase in post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide among its troops after its two-year assault on Gaza, precipitated by the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on southern Israel.

14-member Palestinian body will be headed by Ali Shaath, according to Palestinian sources

At least 100 children have been killed by Israeli airstrikes and ground forces in Gaza since the start of a tenuous ceasefire three months ago, the United Nations said yesterday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview published on Friday that he hopes to “taper off” Israeli dependence on US military aid in the next decade.

Israel’s military said yesterday it had carried out a targeted strike on a rocket launch site near Gaza City after identifying a failed launch, as questions mount over when the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire will begin.

In a new report, the UN rights office said the "systematic discrimination" against Palestinians across the occupied Palestinian territories had "drastically deteriorated" in recent years

Israel said yesterday 37 international NGOs operating in Gaza had not complied with a deadline to meet “security and transparency standards,” in particular disclosing information on their Palestinian staff, and that it “will enforce” a ban on their activities.

The Palestinian Meteorological Department yesterday warned of very cold and unsettled weather across Palestine, with a risk of flash flooding in some areas.

The EU warned yesterday that Israel’s threat to suspend several aid groups in Gaza under new registration rules would block “life-saving” assistance from reaching the population.

Called for UN and its partners be able to continue their work in Gaza

The two leaders are to meet at 1 pm (1800 GMT), the White House said.

Israeli forces imposed a lockdown on a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, their second day of operations there after a local resident “killed two people in Israel”.

In the attack on Friday a 34-year-old Palestinian man killed two people in northern Israel.

The Israeli military announced a series of strikes on “Hezbollah targets” in Lebanon yesterday, including weapons depots and a training complex.