Six Israelis kidnapped in the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel on October 7 were filmed lighting improvised Hanukkah candles in a tunnel in Gaza roughly eight months before they were executed there, according to footage recovered by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and released by their families this week.

President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan is set to enter a new phase within weeks, but crucial pieces of the agreement remain undefined as Israel tightens its military grip on the battered enclave.

Khan Younis by Israeli forces, security sources tell Anadolu - Officer killed by unknown gunmen in Deir al-Balah, according to Gaza’s Interior Ministry - Anadolu Ajansı

Gaza authorities announced on Sunday the assassination of an Internal Security officer in Maghazi refugee camp.

Israel’s top court gave the government further reprieve on a long-stalled petition seeking free access to Gaza. Critics say barring journalists denies the world a full picture of conditions there.

Mabhouh, 34, sits in a wheelchair in her family home in Nuseirat, central Gaza, mourning the loss of her four daughters, including her 5-month-old baby, who were killed in an Israeli strike on

The Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas said on Sunday that it has fully complied with the terms of the ceasefire agreement, while Israel continues to violate it on a daily basis and rely on what it described as flimsy pretexts to evade its obligations.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Aid deliveries into Gaza are falling far short of the amount called for under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, an Associated Press analysis of the Israeli military’s figures showed.

Israeli forces detained two fishermen and blew up their boat off the coast of Khan Younis, while an Interior Ministry officer was killed by unknown gunmen in Deir al Balah, Gaza officials said.