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The Lebanese army said on Sunday that Hamas handed over a suspect involved in launching missiles towards Israel in March, days after Lebanon warned the Palestinian group not to conduct operations that compromise Lebanese security or sovereignty.

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A Palestinian detainee has died in Israeli custody following months of medical neglect, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society are reporting.

According to the groups, 60-year-old Mohyee al-Din Fahmi Najem suffered from chronic illnesses and was denied proper medical treatment during his detention.

The father of six had spent nearly two decades in Israeli prisons and was last detained on 8 August 2023, when he was placed in administrative detention without charge or trial.

The commission and the prisoners' society said the Israeli prison authorities had committed the "compound crime" of arbitrary detention and medical negligence.

They reported that Najem's health had deteriorated dramatically in the last few months, noting that he was unable to walk without assistance during a prison visit in March. He was not informed of a diagnosis from subsequent medical examinations.

Najem is the 66th detainee to have died since October 2023.

Palestinian activist Issa Amro, who participated in the BBC documentary The Settlers, has reported that his Hebron home was raided by Israeli forces and settlers.

Amro shared footage of settlers harassing him and attempting to enter his home, saying that they were seeking "revenge" for his participation in the film, which examines the Israeli settler movement.

He reported that they stole his property, injured another activist and cut down a tree. He added that Israeli soldiers threatened him against filing a complaint about the attack.

The soldiers raided my house today, they wanted to revenge from me for participating in the @BBC documentary “ the settlers” , after the army left the settlers raided my house, they injured one activist and cut the tree, they stole tools and the garbage containers.
The Israeli… pic.twitter.com/jYYYlr2XyS

— Issa Amro عيسى عمرو 🇵🇸 (@Issaamro) May 3, 2025

Gaza's hospitals are expected to run out of fuel within three days, the Palestinian health ministry has warned.

It added that aid groups are unable to access fuel stored at designated sites and transport due to ongoing Israeli attacks.

Gaza's health ministry is reporting that at least 40 Palestinians have been killed and another 125 wounded in Israeli attacks across the enclave in the last 24 hours.

The latest figures have pushed the overall toll of Palestinians killed in Gaza to 52,535, with another 118,491 injured since October 2023.

Of that figure, 2,436 Palestinians have been killed and 6,450 injured by Israeli forces since it unilaterally ended the ceasefire on 18 March.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz pledged to respond sevenfold to the Houthi missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport.

“Anyone who hits us, we will hit them seven times stronger,” he said in a statement.

A "crater" was left near Israel's main international airport after the army said it attempted to intercept a missile launched from Yemen.

In a video from the scene near Ben Gurion Airport, Yair Hezroni, the police's central district chief, pointed to the "missile impact".

"You can see the area just behind us: a crater was formed here, several dozen metres wide and several dozen metres deep," he said.

Yemen's Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack, which caused no casualties.

The Houthis have launched numerous attacks on Israel in support of the Palestinians since the beginning of Israel's war on Gaza in October 2023.

Read more: Yemeni missile leaves 'crater' near Israel's Ben Gurion Airport

Over 35,000 children under the age of five in Gaza face imminent death by starvation, the enclave's Government Media Office said in a statement.

It added that over 70,000 children across the territory are being hospitalised due to severe malnutrition amid Israel's total blockade on the strip.

“At a time when 1.1 million children daily lack the minimum nutritional requirements for survival, this crime is being perpetrated by the ‘Israeli’ occupation using starvation as a weapon, amid shameful international silence,” the statement said.

Yemen's Houthis have claimed responsibility for the missile launched at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, the group's military spokesperson has said.

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Israel's Ben Gurion Airport has reopened after an hour-long closure following a missile strike in its vicinity, The Times of Israel reported.

Quoting the Israel Airports Authority, it said: "Takeoffs and landings have returned to normal."

The daily previously reported that six were injured in the attack, which Israel says was launched by Yemen.

At least 13 Palestinians, including seven women and a child, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Sunday morning, Wafa news agency reported, citing medical sources.

In Khan Younis, nine people, including six women and a child, were killed in a drone strike targeting a tent in al-Mawasi area.

In central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, two people - including a woman - were killed in an Israeli attack targeting the Abu Hweishel family home.

Two more people succumbed to wounds previously sustained in Israeli attacks on Khan Younis and northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun. 

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest developments:

• The Israeli military says a missile launched from Yemen landed near Ben Gurion Airport. Israeli media reports that six people were injured in the attack. There has been no claim of responsibility yet.

• At least 45 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Saturday.

• Since dawn on Sunday, 13 Palestinians have been killed so far in Israeli attacks, Wafa news agency reported. At least nine people, including six women and a child, were killed in a drone strike on al-Mawasi "safe-zone" west of Khan Younis.

• The stranded Freedom Flotilla ship, which was attacked off Maltese waters while carrying aid to Gaza on 2 May, says Maltese authorities are still denying the vessel access to Maltese waters "despite urgent SOS calls".

• Israeli media reports that the war cabinet is set to meet today to discuss expanding its war on Gaza.

Our live coverage from Gaza will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are some of the day's key developments:

• Israeli air strikes have killed at least 39 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn on Saturday.

• The Gaza government media office has reported that 57 Palestinians have died of malnutrition, with most of the victims children, the sick and the elderly.

• At least 70 Palestinians have been killed and 275 others injured in Israeli attack across Gaza in the last 48 hours, the enclave's Ministry of Health has reported.

• Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups reported that Israel continues to hold 49 Palestinians journalists in custody.

• Israel's military said on Saturday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen and Houthi forces claimed responsibility for the attack, the third of its kind by the group in 24 hours.

• Israeli Channel 14 reports the military will issue emergency call-up orders tonight for approximately 60,000 reserve soldiers, in one of the largest mobilizations since the war began.

• Israeli air strikes on Syria have killed two civilians and injured at least eight.

• Israel launched around 20 air strikes on Syria late on Friday in what the country's new rulers branded as a "dangerous escalation".

• UN special envoy Geir Pedersen has called on Israel to immediately end its attacks on Syria after fresh air strikes targeted government sites overnight.

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cancelled visit to Azerbaijan resulted from Turkey's refusal to grant airspace access to his official plane, according to Walla news.

• Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has called for nationwide protests to remove Benjamin Netanyahu, telling Channel 13 the current leader has "declared war on Israel."

Qatar has strongly rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office for what it called "inflammatory statements" that violate "basic standards of political and moral responsibility."

In a post on X, Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson defended the country's mediation efforts, stating: "Qatar's principled foreign policy aligns with its role as a credible and impartial mediator."

The Gulf nation emphasised its ongoing coordination with Egypt and the US to secure a ceasefire, deliver humanitarian aid, and pursue lasting peace based on "justice and humanity."

The response came after Netanyahu's office accused Qatar of "double talk" and demanded it choose between "civilization" and "Hamas barbarism."

The Hind Rajab Foundation has revealed the identity of the Israeli military unit and commander allegedly responsible for killing the six-year-old Palestinian girl, her family, and two medics in Gaza last January.

According to the foundation's year-long investigation, an Israeli tank unit under the commander's orders attacked the family's civilian vehicle, then destroyed a Red Crescent ambulance sent to rescue Hind.

"We will pursue every officer involved – from those who gave orders to those who covered it up," the group stated, calling for ICC arrest warrants.

On 29 January 2024, Hind survived the initial tank strike that killed her relatives, pleading via phone with dispatchers: "I'm so scared...please come." The ambulance responding to her call was similarly hit, killing both paramedics instantly.