Live: Israeli soldiers kill unarmed Palestinians as they surrender in Jenin

The armed wing of Hamas has said it will hand over the body of an Israeli captive at 8pm local time (18:00 GMT) on Tuesday.

The remains of the captive were discovered a short time ago in a tunnel in the Gaza Strip, Hamas's armed wing said on Telegram. 

Israel is expecting the return of 13 more bodies of captives still held in the territory. Hamas has already handed over 20 living captives as part of the ceasefire agreement.

A retired US colonel involved in the investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has said that it concluded she was deliberately shot by an Israeli soldier.

In an interview with American outlet Zeteo News, Steve Gabavics also accused the Biden administration of softening the findings to appease Israel.

Gabavics, who was a chief of staff at the Office of the United States Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority (USSC) at the time of Abu Akleh's killing, was tasked with investigating the shooting on behalf of the US government after the FBI declined to investigate.

He said that his "findings were beyond reasonable doubt" that Akleh's killing was "intentional".

Israeli forces shot and killed Abu Akleh during an Israeli raid on the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank in May 2022. Her death sparked Palestinian outrage and widespread international condemnation.

An Israeli army investigation into Abu Akleh's killing concluded that she was probably shot by an Israeli soldier but was not deliberately targeted. But several independent investigations found that Abu Akleh and her colleagues were explicitly targeted despite being identifiable as members of the press.

Read more: Israel's killing of Abu Akleh was intentional, says lead US investigator

The toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has risen to 68,531, the Palestinian health ministry announced. The majority of those killed are women and children. 

The number of people wounded has risen to 170,402 since the start of the war. 

Over the past day, four bodies - including one person recently killed, two whose bodies were recovered, and one who succumbed to their wounds - and seven wounded were taken to hospitals across the Gaza Strip.

Since the ceasefire came into effect on 11 October, Israeli forces have killed 94 people and wounded 344 others. An additional 474 bodies have been recovered in Gaza. 

The Israeli forces have committed 125 violations of the ceasefire agreement since it came into effect, resulting in the killing of 94 Palestinians and the injury of more than 344 others, the Gaza government media office said.

In a press release published on Tuesday, the office said the Israeli "violations have resulted in the martyrdom of 94 civilians and the injury of 344 others, in a flagrant breach of all international laws and conventions."

The statement said the military has also carried out 52 shooting incidents directly targeting civilians, 9 incursions of military vehicles into residential areas, 55 bombardments and attacks, and 11 demolitions of civilian buildings, in addition to the arrest of 21 citizens in various areas across the Gaza Strip.

"We strongly condemn these repeated acts of aggression and hold the Israeli occupation fully responsible for their humanitarian and security consequences," the media office said, calling on US President Donald Trump and the guarantor countries to exert genuine pressure on Israel.

An Israeli state-owned defence company has set up a subsidiary to operate in the United Arab Emirates, in the first such move since Israel and Abu Dhabi normalised relations in 2020. 

Controp Precision Technologies will establish and register the subsidiary in the Abu Dhabi Global Market, or ADGM, an economic zone in the Emirati capital. 

The Israeli defence ministry approved the move on Sunday, the Times of Israel reported.  

The Abu Dhabi-based subsidiary will be Controp’s regional arm in the Gulf region, overseeing marketing, sales and maintenance of its electro-optical systems used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions across air, land and sea.

Read more: Israeli state-owned defence firm opens regional arm in UAE

Khalil Abu Alrish, director of Palestinian Civil Defence operations in Gaza City, said most of the recovered bodies buried in a makeshift grave last year after Israel besieged al-Shifa Hospital cannot be unidentified, according to Al Jazeera.

Alrish said a search is under way and the rescue team “have recovered more than 50 dead bodies" so far.

He said there are “no identification tools”, such as DNA analysis equipment, available so authorities will be forced to distinguish each unidentified body with a unique code before burying them in a “special cemetery”.

Israel said on Tuesday that a set of partial captive remains returned by Hamas the previous day belonged to a deceased captive recovered by the military around two years ago.

"After completing the identification process this morning, it was found that last night remains belonging to the fallen hostage Ofir Tzarfati, who had been returned from the Gaza Strip in a military operation about two years ago, were returned," prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.

Iran has demanded a $170m fine from the owner of a cargo ship that it seized in Gulf waters last year and accused of having ties to Israel, a judicial official said on Tuesday.

The Revolutionary Guard intercepted the MSC Aries in April 2024 and detained its 25 international crew members.

At the time, the official IRNA news agency said the Portuguese-flagged vessel was "managed by Zodiac, which belongs to the Zionist capitalist Eyal Ofer".

On Tuesday, Iranian judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir said charges had been filed and the case was before the courts, though no date had been set for a trial.

"A fine of $170m has been demanded against its owner, of Israeli origin, accused of financing terrorism," Jahangir said.

Two Palestinians were injured, one in serious condition, when Israeli settlers attacked farmers in the town of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, Quds News Network reported, citing local sources.

Israeli forces killed three Palestinians on Tuesday during a raid on an occupied West Bank village that involved air strikes.

The attack took place in the early morning hours in the village of Kafr Qud, west of Jenin, when Israeli forces stormed the area and surrounded a house, according to local media reports.

The raid sparked heavy exchanges of fire and aerial shelling.

The Palestinian General Authority for Civil Affairs has identified the three men as Abdullah Mohammed Omar Jalamneh, 27, Qais Ibrahim Mohammed al-Baytawi, 21, and Ahmad Azmi Aref Nashrati, 29.

Israeli media reported that the army had cornered three men inside a cave in the village before snipers shot them, killing two and wounding the third.

Read more: Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Jenin raid involving air strike

Israel's National Forensic Institute says it found no match between the remains of the body handed over to Israel and any of the captive bodies held in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli forces on Tuesday prevented Palestinian farmers from reaching their land in the village of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank, during the olive harvest, according to local sources cited by Wafa news agency.

The soldiers entered the north-western area of the village, known as Qatayn, and blocked access to farmland, leaving dozens of farmers waiting at the entrance.

The Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission said its teams had documented 158 incidents targeting olive pickers since the start of the season, including obstruction and harassment by settlers and soldiers.

Israeli forces arrested 10 Palestinians during raids in areas of the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.

According to the Wafa news agency, the overnight raids took place in multiple locations, including Jenin and Anabta, near Tulkarm.

Good morning Middle East Eye readers.

Here are the latest updates from Palestine:

• Heavy Israeli attacks are targeting east of Gaza City and Al-Bureij camp, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.

• The Israeli military and the Shin Bet issued a joint statement early Tuesday, stating that the Air Force killed three alleged Palestinian fighters in the Menashe Region of the occupied West Bank.

• Ahead of her meeting with US President Donald Trump on Monday, new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is preparing to recommend him for the Nobel Peace Prize and making arrangements to inform him of her intentions, NTV reported on Tuesday, citing multiple government sources.

• Israeli forces arrested a young Palestinian, Yahya al-Nadi, after raiding his home in the Askar al-Jadeed camp, east of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Information Centre.