The new strikes came the morning after one of the deadliest days in the Gaza Strip since the truce came into effect on 10 October, and after Israel launched a string of attacks targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon despite the nearly year-long ceasefire there.

DOHA: Qatar, a key mediator in the Hamas-Israel war, on Thursday (Nov 20) condemned fresh Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, saying they threatened to upend a fragile weeks-long truce.Qatar condemned "brutal attacks by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip

Israel may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity when it forcibly expelled 32,000 Palestinians from three West Bank refugee camps earlier this year during a military operation in the area,

If the latest body turned over is confirmed by Israel to be a hostage, there will be three more in Gaza that need to be recovered and handed over.

The chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace told OSV News he was heartened by a United Nations move to approve President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip by installing international transitional governance and military forces there.

Most of Gaza's water and sanitation infrastructure has been destroyed and pumps from its aquifers often rely on electricity from small generators. But fuel for generators is rarely available given Israel's curbs on deliveries into the enclave, citing the risk of diversion into Hamas' hands.

An airstrike Tuesday night killed 13 people in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh, the deadliest Israeli attacks since a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war a year ago.