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Here are the day's key developments:

- Israeli air strikes targeted parts of Khan Younis in southern Gaza late Wednesday night into Thursday, following Israel's announcement to resume adherence to the ceasefire agreement. In the 24 hours prior, Israeli air strikes killed more than 110 Palestinians across Gaza.

- In a statement released on Wednesday, the security forces of Hamas's military wing warned Palestinians in Gaza to "strictly adhere to personal security measures, especially regarding movement and travel, and to avoid any laxity in the use of phones and the internet, given their key role in monitoring and tracking resistance fighters".

- After Israeli forces published an infographic on X listing 25 names of assassinated "terrorist" targets in Gaza over the last 24 hours, the Gaza media office said that the tactic is "media manipulation" because many of the names are false. 

- The Medical Relief Society in Gaza says the health system is collapsing beyond repair, warning that almost half of all kidney patients in the enclave have already died.

- Qatar's prime minister said Hamas will not be part of the future governance of Gaza, but the group has not yet committed to unconditional disarmament.

- Mohannad Karajah, a Palestinian human rights lawyer in the occupied West Bank, has been arrested by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces after being the target of what rights groups have called a smear campaign. 

Israeli air strikes targeted parts of Khan Younis in southern Gaza late Wednesday night into Thursday, local reports said. 

This follows Israel's announcement to resume adherence to the ceasefire agreement, after killing more than 110 Palestinians over the last 24 hours. 

Ireland's Taoiseach Micheál Martin late on Wednesday said he "strongly" condemns Israel's strikes in Gaza that left more than 100 dead.

"I urge all parties to adhere to, and implement, the ceasefire agreement and call for a surge in humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. The latest loss of so many innocent lives, including dozens of children, is absolutely appalling," Martin said in a statement posted to X.

"International law must be respected. All parties need to honour the commitments they made and to work to ensure that the other elements of the plan can move forward. Too many people have suffered and died already". 

An overwhelming majority of Palestinians are opposed to Hamas's disarmament and are deeply sceptical that US President Donald Trump’s peace plan will lead to a permanent end to Israel’s war on Gaza.

About 70 percent of Palestinians polled across the occupied West Bank and Gazasay they staunchly oppose the disarmament of Hamas, even if that means a return to Israeli attacks, according to a poll conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) between 22-25 October and published on Tuesday. 

Notably, opposition to the disarmament of Hamas is strongest in the occupied West Bank, where around 80 percent of respondents said they want the group’s armed wing to maintain its weapons. The occupied West Bank is governed by the Palestinian Authority (PA), which is dominated by Hamas’s secular rival, Fatah.

Read more: Overwhelming majority of Palestinians oppose Hamas disarmament, poll finds

In a statement released on Wednesday, the security forces of Hamas's military wing warned Palestinians in Gaza to "strictly adhere to personal security measures, especially regarding movement and travel, and to avoid any laxity in the use of phones and the internet, given their key role in monitoring and tracking resistance fighters".

Israel, the forces said, "exploits periods of relative calm... to gather information on resistance fighters, including their communication records, daily routines, places of work and sleep, and other personal details", and relies on "infiltration, wiretapping, and drones, in addition to the more crucial human resources of agents on the ground". 

To that end, Palestinians are urged to avoid "fixed routines" in favour of "varying travel routes and times, and limiting the use of electronic devices to essential purposes only, in order to maintain personal safety and public security", the statement said. 

After Israeli forces published an infographic on X listing 25 names of assassinated "terrorist" targets in Gaza over the last 24 hours, the Gaza media office said on Wednesday that the tactic is "media manipulation" because many of the names are false. 

"The occupation is promoting a misleading narrative by publishing the names and photos of people it claims to have killed, while in just 12 hours it has killed 109 martyrs, including 52 children and 23 women," the statement by the media office read. 

"It was revealed that the list contains three incorrect, non-Arabic names not found in official Palestinian records, as well as fictitious names that do not exist at all". 

"The occupation included the names of four people on the list who were not killed and were not even present in the targeted areas - they are alive. Furthermore, the list included duplicated individuals after their names were manipulated to make them appear to be different people," the media office said.

"We call upon the US President, the guarantor states of the agreement, the mediators, the international community, and the [United Nations] Security Council to uphold their legal and moral responsibilities by compelling the occupation to abide by the ceasefire agreement it signed, to immediately end the war on Gaza, and to guarantee the protection of civilians". 

Qatar says Hamas will not be part of the future governance of Gaza, but the group has not yet committed to unconditional disarmament.

“Hamas’s response to us was very clear…they are willing to give up the governance,” Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Wednesday at a Council on Foreign Relations event in New York City.

“The weapons question, from their (Hamas’s) perspective, this is an obligation on all the factions, not on Hamas only. We are trying to push them [sic] to get to a point where they acknowledge that they need to disarm,” he added.

“We need to make sure that the Palestinians are safe and the Israelis are safe. That is the whole purpose of the decommissioning and disarmament,” he said.

Read more: Qatari PM says Hamas ruled out role in Gaza governance, but disarmament talks ongoing

Mohannad Karajah, a Palestinian human rights lawyer in the occupied West Bank, appears to have been arrested by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces after being the target of what rights groups have called a smear campaign. 

Video posted to Palestinian Telegram channels on Wednesday shows a nine-minute video of Karajah saying that if this clip is made public, it means he has been taken by the PA, and that he will immediately begin a hunger strike while in custody. 

On Tuesday, 7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media, said in a statement that it "expresses deep concern over the ongoing smear campaign targeting Palestinian human rights defender and attorney Mohannad Karajah, head of the Lawyers for Justice group," and that "independent fact-checking organizations, including Tahaqaq, Kashif, and Tayaqqan, have confirmed that... the content [was] falsified. This malicious act aims to discredit Karajah’s reputation and undermine his critical work defending activists and political detainees". 

Part of that content was a Facebook post alleged to have come from Karajah, demanding that executions by Hamas of suspected enemy collaborators in Gaza stop being filmed. 

In the video made public on Wednesday, Karajah denies all such social media posts. 

"This incident may reflect a broader pattern of politically motivated targeting aimed at silencing voices that seek accountability and justice," 7amleh wrote.

"We call on the Palestinian Authority to ensure Karajah’s safety, end the harassment of human rights defenders, and uphold its obligations to protect freedom of expression and association in line with international human rights standards". 

Army-backed Israeli settlers carried out a series of assaults on Palestinians and olive pickers across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, amid an escalating wave of settler violence.

In the town of Atara, north of Ramallah, residents woke on Wednesday to find two vehicles torched and racist slogans spray-painted on a home.

Mayor Nizar Moghrabi told Middle East Eye that settlers infiltrated the Turfin area after midnight, set fire to the vehicles and scrawled threatening messages on a house wall.

“We don’t know how many settlers there were or where they came from, but they managed to reach homes in the village and burn the vehicles,” he said.

Last August, settlers established their first outpost on Atara’s land, placing mobile homes in the Turfin area, from which they have since launched repeated attacks on Palestinian homes.

According to Moghrabi, since the outpost’s establishment, the town has faced multiple assaults, including vehicle arson and the smashing of windows, aimed at forcing residents to leave the area.

“We don’t know if the Israeli army was aware of the attack,” he added, “but even if it was, it’s the same army that protects them.”

Read more: Israeli settler violence sweeps West Bank amid olive harvest 

The United Nations has called Israeli strikes on Gaza overnight "appalling" and urged all sides not to let peace "slip from our grasp".

"Reports that over 100 Palestinians were killed overnight in a wave of Israeli air strikes mainly on residential buildings, IDP tents and schools across the Gaza Strip, following the death of an Israeli soldier, are appalling," UN rights chief Volker Turk said in a statement.

The death toll in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has has risen to 68,643, after Israel launched deadly attacks overnight. 

The Palestinian health ministry said the number of Palestinians wounded by Israeli forces had risen to 170,655 since the start of the war.

The ministry said 104 Palestinians, including 46 children and 40 women, were killed by Israeli forces over the past day. At least 253 wounded others were wounded.

At least 211 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the ceasefire came into effect on 11 October.

Palestinian fighters who attacked Israeli troops in Gaza on Tuesday had been hiding in tunnels for months and do not seem to have had anything to do with the Hamas leadership, Israeli news site Walla reports.

An Israeli reservist was killed when the fighters fired at soldiers in southern Gaza’s Rafah.

In retaliation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered widespread attacks across the Gaza Strip, killing more than 100 Palestinians, including 46 children, in another massive Israeli violation of the ceasefire.

According to Walla, the Israeli military believes the fighters hid for a long time in a tunnel around the al-Janina neighbourhood east of Rafah, an area under Israeli control.

The attack was aimed at troops using heavy equipment.

According to military, the tunnel in which the Palestinian fighters were hiding began to collapse, prompting them to attack, which took the soldiers by surprise.

You can read our full Israeli press review below. 

Israeli press review: Gaza attack prompted by soldiers collapsing tunnel

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has expressed "deep concern" after the deadliest night of Israeli bombing in Gaza since a ceasefire came into effect earlier this month.

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed more than 100 people, including at least 35 children. The toll was confirmed by an AFP tally of medical sources at five hospitals in Gaza.

"We appeal to Israel to exercise military restraint in order to prevent further suffering," Wadephul said, ahead of a visit to the region.

Wadephul also called on Hamas to "fulfil its part of the agreement... to lay down its arms and finally hand over all the remains of the deceased hostages."

"Following the agreement between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire, there is hope for lasting peace, which we must continue to work towards," he added.

Wadephul will first visit Jordan before heading to Lebanon and Bahrain.

"During my trip to the Middle East, I intend to discuss with our partners where and how Germany can specifically accompany and support the next steps," he said.

Reporting by AFP

A senior European Union official has openly condemned Israel’s renewed bombardment of Gaza, warning that Europe “needs a chance for peace, not excuses for new strikes.”

European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera made the remark on social media, sharply departing from the EU’s usual neutral language. She is one of the few high-level EU figures to describe Israel’s assault as “genocide” in recent weeks.

The Commission itself refused to name Israel while addressing the attacks. Spokesman Anouar El Anouni simply urged “all parties” to respect the ceasefire and avoid any actions that could “jeopardise the agreement”.

Gaza’s civil defence says more than 100 Palestinians, including at least 35 children, were killed in the latest overnight air strikes, which Israel claimed without evidence were aimed at Hamas targets.

EU diplomats remain deeply divided, with some capitals still shielding Israel diplomatically despite mounting civilian deaths.

The Medical Relief Society in Gaza says the health system is collapsing beyond repair, warning that almost half of all kidney patients in the territory have already died.

“There are 350,000 diabetic patients who no longer receive any medical follow-up,” the organisation’s director told Al Jazeera, describing the situation as “uncontrolled medical abandonment created by the siege”.

“We have lost 40 percent of kidney patients in the sector,” he said, adding that dialysis supplies have virtually run out under Israel’s blockade.

He urged immediate international pressure on Israel to allow critically ill patients to leave Gaza for treatment, saying every delay is a death sentence.