Morning update

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are some of the latest updates on Israel's war on Gaza:

• Israeli media says that the release of remaining living Israeli captives is expected to go on as planned on Saturday, despite controversy over Hamas’s alleged decision to hand over an unidentified dead body in place of an Israeli captive called Shiri Bibas.
• Trump’s Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler described Hamas’s handover of the unidentified body as “horrific” and a “clear violation” of the ceasefire.
• UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has denounced the “parading of bodies” of Israeli captives by Hamas on Thursday, stating the display violated international law.
• Arab leaders are meeting on Friday in the Saudi capital of Riyadh in a closed-door summit to discuss US President Donald Trump’s plan to “own” Gaza and resettle the Palestinians into other Arab nations. Saudi Arabia said the meeting is unofficial and is held in “the framework of the close brotherly relations that bring together the leaders”.
• Israeli forces attacked a number of Palestinian houses in the Jalazone refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for an “intensive” military operation in the occupied West Bank after Thursday’s bus explosions in Tel Aviv.
• In a late hour on Thursday, three empty buses exploded in the Israeli city of Bat Yam, in the south of Tel Aviv. Three explosive devices detonated in what Israeli police described as a “terror” attack. No casualties were reported.