Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Morning update

27 February 2025 05:48 GMT

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,

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

  • Israeli authorities have suspended the release of 24 Palestinian child prisoners until the identities of the four deceased Israeli captives, released earlier on Wednesday, are confirmed, Al Jazeera reported.

  • Buses carrying released Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons arrived in Gaza, Reuters reported on early Thursday.

  • Israel handed over 97 Palestinian prisoners exiled from Palestine to Egypt under the ceasefire agreement.

  • Israel has returned the body of the unidentified woman from Gaza that Hamas mistakenly sent instead of the Israeli captive Shiri Bibas last week, according to The Reuters news agency.

  • In a new statement, Hamas said it is "committed to the ceasefire" and the only way to release the remaining Israeli captives from Gaza is through “negotiation and commitment”.

  • Israeli forces shot and killed 16-year-old Palestinian Hamid Fadl Muwafi near the separation wall in the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya, the Wafa news agency reported.

  • The Israeli military carried out an air raid in eastern Lebanon, killing a key member of Hezbollah.