Israeli military claims to have targeted Abu Obeida: Reports
Israeli media is reporting that the Israeli military and domestic security agency Shin Bet have said that an Israeli drone attack in Gaza City targeted Abu Obeida, the longtime masked spokesperson of the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing.
It did not provide any further details, and there has been no response from Hamas at this time.
Israeli army says it recovered another captive’s body from Gaza
The Israeli military has confirmed that it has recovered the body of Idan Shtivi, who was killed at the Nova music festival in Israel, near the separation fence with Gaza, during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023.
This comes after the Israeli army reported on Friday that, in cooperation with Shin Bet, it had recovered the bodies of Ilan Weiss and another unnamed captive in a “complex operation” in Gaza. Weiss was reportedly an armed guard of the Kibbutz Be’eri and was also killed on the same day.
According to Israeli authorities, about 50 captives are still held in Gaza, about 20 of whom are believed to be alive.
Another Israeli soldier killed in southern Gaza
The Israeli army says that Ariel Lubliner, a major from the army’s reserve force, was killed in the southern Gaza Strip today. According to Israeli Army Radio, this is the 900th soldier killed since the start of the war on the enclave.
Two soldiers with the Golani Brigade of the Israeli army were also lightly wounded during an “operational accident” in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.
Child dies in central Gaza days after being shot by Israeli sniper: Report
Local Palestinian media is reporting that a child has died in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, days after being shot by an Israeli sniper. The child, whom the reports named as Ahmed Nader Yusuf al-Luhh, was shot near the camp’s ad-Dawa neighbourhood.
وحيد والديه.. استشهاد الطفل أحمد نادر يوسف اللوح متأثراً بجراحه التي أصيب بها برصاص قناصة الاحتلال قبل أيام قرب حي الدعوة شرق مخيم النصيرات pic.twitter.com/U2lBM396T9
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) August 30, 2025
Translation: Orphaned from both parents. Martyrdom of child Ahmed Nader Yusuf al-Luhh due to injuries sustained from occupation sniper bullets days ago near ad-Dawa neighbourhood east of Nuseirat camp.
Today’s death toll in Gaza rises to 77
Israeli attacks have killed 77 Palestinians across Gaza today, according to sources in Gaza’s hospitals.
Forty-seven of them were killed in Gaza City alone, while 19 were killed while seeking aid in the centre and the south of the Strip.
A Palestinian man carries a wounded boy at the site of an Israeli strike in Gaza City
