Israel transfers bodies of 15 Palestinian prisoners to hospital in southern Gaza
Israel has handed over the bodies of 15 Palestinian prisoners to authorities in Gaza under the ceasefire agreement. A medical source told the Wafa news agency that the bodies had been brought by Red Cross teams to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
It is the 12th such transfer of bodies to Gaza under the agreement, bringing the total number of bodies returned to 315, Wafa reported.
Palestinian Health Ministry says only 92 out of 315 bodies handed over by Israel identified
The Palestinian Health Ministry says it has received bodies from Israel of 15 more Palestinians. It says 91 of the 315 bodies released by Israel so far as part of the ceasefire agreement have been identified.
According to the ministry, 38 bodies were transferred and buried today in the Cemetery for the Unknown.
Israeli army continuing to carry out demolitions in Khan Younis
Our colleagues on the ground are reporting that the Israeli army is carrying out demolition operations east of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip.
Engineer Hamdan Radwan, mayor of Bani Suheila, the largest municipality in eastern Khan Younis, said the Israeli demolition operations, which have been noticeably increasing in pace and intensity recently, target every two-storey building or house.
Israeli forces demolish residential buildings in central Gaza
Our colleagues on the ground are reporting that Israeli forces have blown up residential buildings in central Gaza.
Child among 2 Palestinians killed in Israeli drone strike in southern Gaza
Two Palestinians, including a child, have been killed in an Israeli drone strike east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, our colleagues on the ground are reporting.
The Israeli army says the two Palestinians its forces killed earlier today, including a child, in a drone attack east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza “posed an immediate threat” to them.
Hospital in Gaza resumes operations after WHO-led rehabilitation
Al-Kheir Hospital in Khan Younis has resumed operations after being forced out of service because of Israeli attacks in February 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) says, adding that it helped rehabilitate the hospital by restoring “water, sanitation, power and structural systems” and by providing essential medical equipment and medicines.
A new 20-bed nutrition stabilisation centre has also been opened, bringing the total number of these centres in Gaza to eight with 90 inpatient beds for the treatment of severe malnutrition.
A stabilisation centre provides care for children suffering from acute malnutrition with medical complications such as infections and dehydration.
