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Israeli forces killed at least 34 Palestinians in overnight bombings, including 18 children and women, in Gaza City and Khan Younis, Al Jazeera Arabic reported on Thursday, quoting hospital sources. 

The report said that since Thursday morning, Israeli aircraft targeted Rafah and Khan Younis, beyond the yellow line, with intense bombardment using heavy artillery. 

Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Thursday said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to resume genocide in Gaza, as Israeli forces killed at least 28 Palestinians on Wednesday. 

Hamas's media officer at the Martyrs and Prisoners Office, Nahed Al-Fakhoury, also said that Israel is manipulating the file of forcibly disappeared prisoners. 

Fakhoury said the delay in announcing the list of prisoners was a deliberate move to create division. 

Israel stipulated that it should hand over a list of the names of the prisoners it was holding in the early days of the agreement, but later stalled this and manipulated a number of names, Fakhoury told Al Jazeera. 

Israel acknowledged the existence of prisoners in its possession, and then retracted them, without providing clear answers regarding the retraction, he said. 

He added that Israeli authorities are now denying custody of 11 detainees, even though released Palestinian prisoners reported having met them inside Israeli jails.

Fakhoury said one of the detainees Israel claims not to hold was recently visited by a lawyer in an Israeli prison. 

Gaza's civil defence ambulance services reported that the bodies of three children were recovered on Thursday following Israeli bombing of a residential building in the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Earlier, it was reported that Israeli forces killed three Palestinians by bombing a house in Bani Suheila area, but details on the incident were unclear. 

The body of a child killed in overnight Israeli bombing of Gaza City was recovered on Thursday, Al Jazeera Arabic reported, quoting the Baptist Hospital. 

On Wednesday, 28 Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes, Gaza’s health ministry said.

At least 305 Palestinians have been killed since the US-brokered ceasefire came into effect, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

Nearly half of those were killed in a single day last week, according to Palestinian health authorities.

The death toll in Gaza since Israel's genocide began in October 2023 has risen to 69,513, the Palestinian health ministry said.

This excludes at least 10,000 who are buried under the rubble and whose remains have not yet been recovered.

Israeli forces on Thursday raided the National Hospital courtyard and stormed the Al-Hajj Nimr Mosque in the city of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. 

The report said that the occupation forces have been continuing their raids and arrests in the city of Nablus for more than six hours

Israeli aircraft on Thursday launched air strikes on the eastern areas of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, local media have reported. 

Al Jazeera reported artillery shelling and gunfire from Israeli helicopters towards the town of Abasan, east of Khan Yunis, behind the yellow line.

At least one Palestinian was reportedly killed in Israeli drone fire in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, Nasser Medical Complex said.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday said that Israel has been carrying out the forced displacement of residents of three camps in the occupied West Bank since January 2025. 

"Israel's forced displacement of residents from three refugee camps in the West Bank amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity," HRW said. 

Hundreds of homes in the Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps were damaged by Israeli attacks.

"We call for an investigation into Netanyahu, Smotrich, and Gallant regarding the displacement and expulsion operations from the camps," it added. 

Israeli forces on Thursday continued the siege of the National Hospital in Nablus city in the northern occupied West Bank, as the military prevented vehicles from passing through Faisal Street, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. 

The report said that the occupation forces also carried out raids on a number of shops and confiscated surveillance camera recordings

Israeli forces on Thursday killed three Palestinians by bombing a house in Bani Suheila area, east of Khan Younis, Gaza's civil defence agency said. 

On Wednesday, 28 Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes, Gaza’s health ministry said.

At least 305 Palestinians have been killed since the US-brokered ceasefire came into effect, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

Nearly half of those were killed in a single day last week, according to Palestinian health authorities.

The death toll in Gaza since Israel's genocide began in October 2023 has risen to 69,513, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Israeli military detained more than 40 Palestinians in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, as the forces continue to raid homes since Wednesday morning, Al Jazeera reported. 

Israeli forces also stormed the homes of relatives of Imran al-Atrash in Hebron and arrested a number of them. Al-Atrash was killed by Israeli fire near Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.

Israel said he was one of the perpetrators of the car-ramming and stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion junction in the southern West Bank on Tuesday. 

The Israeli Ministry of Defence on Thursday said that the 1,000th cargo plane arrived at the Ben Gurion Airport as part of the air bridge that has been ongoing since 7 October 2023 to support the country with military equipment.

The Israeli army led transcontinental transfers of an unprecedented scale in Israel’s history, with the aim of supporting all the current and future military needs, the ministry said. 

"So far, more than 120,000 tons of military equipment, ammunition, combat equipment, and protective gear have been brought in via 1,000 aircraft and about 150 ships," it said. 

The ministry said that these operations are the result of cooperation with the United States and Germany, through which advanced ammunition, weapons, armoured vehicles, medical equipment, communication systems, and personal protection equipment were purchased and transferred. 

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the major developments from Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza:

• Human Rights Watch said that Israel has imposed forced displacement on residents of refugee camps in the West Bank, where hundreds of homes were damaged by Israeli attacks, calling it a war crime. 

• Israeli forces continue to storm cities and towns across the West Bank, including Nablus, Beita, Beit Furik and Awarta, amid a widespread campaign of raids and arrests.

• The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement condemned the "brutal massacre committed by the Zionist enemy against civilians" in the cities of Gaza and Khan Younis. 

• Unrwa Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that crossings into Gaza must be opened to deliver aid as winter "adds another hardship" to the residents. 

• The Israeli military arrested 40 Palestinians in Beit Ummar, Hebron in the West Bank, as forces continue to raid homes since Wednesday morning.

Israeli authorities have given demolition orders to four Palestinian families in Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday, even though the families have lived there for almost six decades, Wafa news agency reported.

The Israeli authorities apparently told the families the homes are unfit to live in. 

The Hashima, Maswadeh, Kastero, and Sidaawi families, who were given the demolition orders, are said to be shocked by the orders as they have been refused permits to repair or upgrade their homes.,They have also been prevented them from carrying out essential maintenance, leading to deterioration of the structures. 

The families said they will legally challenge the orders which will leave dozens of family members homeless. 

The orders come are part of  broader efforts by the Israeli government to depopulate Palestinians from the Old City.

Israel's High Court on Wednesday ordered the government to explain why it has not formed a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 attacks, Haaretz reported.

The order came follows multiple petitions arguing for an independent state commission after the government's decision to set up its own ministerial investigative panel on Sunday, which hs drawn criticism about whether the Israeli government is trying to cover up errors it made. 

In addition, the non-state inquiry would have limited authority, 

The court gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,and Justice Minister Yariv Levin until 4 January to submit their responses.

Israel's Knesset overwhelmingly approved the first reading of a government bill on Wednesday to cut water and electricity to facilities owned or operated by United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Unrwa). 

The bill also grants Israeli authorities to take control of lands registered with the Israel Land Authority and  seize poroperties used by Unrwa.

The bill was referred to the relevant Knesset committee for further consideration.

Israel has banned Unrwa from the occupied West Bank and Gaza since October 2024.