Evening recap

Good evening Middle East Eye readers,

A fifth captive exchange between Israel and Hamas has taken place. A few hours ago, 10 Israelis and two people from other nationalities were released.

Around 30 Palestinian civilians were also released, the youngest among them being a 14-year-old Palestinian child named Ahmed Saleimi.

An elated family welcomed Saleimi home but the family had been warned by Israeli security, which had raided their house several times, that they would not be allowed to celebrate.

Following his release, Saleimi spoke about human rights abuses faced by Palestinians in Israeli prisons.

In other updates:

• Hamas and Israel traded accusations that they were violating the tenuous truce
• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday told United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres that Israel must be held accountable in international courts for the war crimes it committed in Gaza
• A senior Hamas official invited US billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday to visit the Gaza Strip to see the extent of destruction caused by Israeli bombardment
• The far-right Israeli minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that stopping the war in Gaza would result in the breakup of the coalition government
• At least 160  Palestinian civilians have been found dead amid the rubble in Gaza over the last 24 hours, according to Palestinian media agency Wafa
• Israeli military intelligence dismissed a detailed warning that Hamas was planning to break through the separation fence surrounding Gaza and overrun kibbutzim and military posts, according to reports in Israeli media