American hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli strikes overnight and into Thursday meanwhile killed at least 13 people, including three local journalists who were in the courtyard of a hospital,

Judi Weinstein Haggai and Gadi Haggai were abducted and killed on Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli officials said. Hamas was holding their bodies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

The bodies of two Israeli-American hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 were recovered from southern Gaza during a military operation, according to a statement from Israeli military and the Shin Bet security agency.

The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent” ceasefire between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza.

The U.S. vetoed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that demanded an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it was working to improve operations, a day after health workers said at least 27 Palestinians were killed near a distribution center.

Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A U.S.- and Israeli-backed organisation distributing aid in Gaza said on Thursday it was reopening two distribution sites a day after shutting them following a series of deadly shootings close to its operations.

Israel airstrikes and aid restrictions, backed by the U.S., are fueling intertwined catastrophes for Palestinians, according to a major report on Wednesday.

The BBC has hit back at White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt after she attacked its coverage of the war in Gaza. Leavitt accused the British public service broadcaster of spreading “misinformation” over the way it covered claims that Israel had killed Palestinians near an aid distribution center on Sunday.

The BBC has rejected incorrect White House criticism of its Gaza coverage, describing a claim that it had taken down a story as "completely wrong". At Tuesday's White House briefing President Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused the BBC of taking "the word of Hamas" when reporting on the number of people killed in a shooting near an aid distribution site on Sunday.