Live: Israeli forces detonate 20 homes in Jenin

Wafa news agency is reporting that Israeli forces fired sound bombs at local residents gathered near Ofer prison, in the town of Beitunia, west of Ramallah.

The agency said that the attack coincided with the departure of the bus carrying 32 Palestinian prisoners released as part of the ceasefire agreement.

Israeli forces continue their six-day-long siege on the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm and its camp.

Wafa news agency reported that Israeli forces have been raiding Palestinian homes and destroying property, resulting in the forced displacement of dozens of families.

The Israeli military has also forced Palestinians to evacuate their homes in the neighbourhoods of al-Nadi, al-Shuhada, al-Ghanim, al-Matar and Abu al-Foul.

Israeli forces continue to besiege the Martyr Thabet Governmental Hospital and the Israa Specialised Hospital, obstructing the work of medical crews.

According to Wafa, the ongoing raid has knocked 0ut power, water and internet and created shortage of food, medical supplies, drinking water and baby milk.

The released Palestinian prisoners have disembarked from a Red Cross bus in Ramallah and are being greeted by friends and relatives.

Live video footage has revealed buses carrying released Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons arrived on Saturday in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

Reporting by Reuters

Three Israeli captives - Keith Siegel, Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas -  have been released in two separate locations in Gaza City and Khan Younis.

The captives were taken away in Red Cross cars, and are now undergoing medical checks.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the Israeli government  "is committed to returning all abducted and missing persons".

There are 183 Palestinian detainees set to be released from Israeli prisons today in the fourth captive-prisoner exchange under the ceasefire deal.

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are some of the latest updates:

• Hamas released the next three Israeli captives, Ofer Kalderon, Yarden Bibas and Keith Siegel, in Khan Younis and Gaza City.

• Israel is set to release 183 Palestinian detainees from Israeli prisons later today in the fourth hostage-prisoner exchange under the ceasefire agreement.

• Fifty sick and wounded Palestinians are scheduled to cross the Rafah border for treatment outside Gaza in the first medical evacuation since Israel seized the crossing almost nine months ago.

• WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said "12,000 to 14,000" Palestinians in Gaza require "urgent specialised care" that they can only receive outside the strip.

• Israeli forces stormed Tulkarm camp in the occupied West Bank as part of its days-long raid. Soldiers raided homes, forcing families out at gunpoint, Wafa news agency is reporting. The agency said the raids were tantamount to "forced displacement".

Good evening Middle East Eye readers, 

The Palestinian Authority told the US it is ready to "clash" with Hamas if that is the price needed to take power in the Gaza Strip, during a pitch to President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Middle East Eye revealed on Friday. 

Meanwhile, the UN urged Israel to stop its bloody assault on Jenin in the occupied West Bank, saying it was "deeply concerned" by the humanitarian toll. 

Here is what else you missed: 

• US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Saudi counterpart, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, discussed “the path forward in Gaza” in a phone call 
• Egypt will host a meeting of Arab foreign ministers to discuss Israel's war on Gaza and support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa)
• Israeli troops operating in a buffer zone in southern Syria came under fire on Friday, the Israeli military said. 
• Belize has submitted an application to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, underscoring how countries are still looking to hold Israel to account for what they allege is its genocide of Palestinians in Gaza

The Palestinian Authority told the US it is ready to "clash" with Hamas if that is the price needed to take power in the Gaza Strip, during a pitch to President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Middle East Eye can reveal.

The plan was presented on Tuesday to Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Riyadh by Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior Palestinian official who has been floated as a successor to octogenarian Palestinian President Mohammad Abbas, a Palestinian source told MEE. 

The PA’s plan envisions the Gaza Strip ruled by a committee whose majority is from outside of the enclave.

The rendezvous between Trump’s Middle East troubleshooter and Sheikh was facilitated by Saudi Arabia at the request of the PA, after Witkoff refused its overtures to meet in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the source said.

Saudi Arabia brokered the meeting between the US and the PA but did not review the plan before the PA pitched it to Witkoff, the source said.

MEE broke down the proposal and behind the scenes talks in full. 

Read More: Exclusive: Palestinian Authority tells US it is ready to 'clash' with Hamas for control of Gaza

The UN has vowed to investigate a claim by a female hostage's mother that her daughter was held as a hostage in Gaza inside a facility belonging to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa). 

The UN told Israel's Ynet that those were “very grave allegations” that must be investigated. 

The claim was made by Emily Damari, a British-Israeli dual national, whose daughter, Mandy Damari, was released as part of the Gaza ceasefire. 

The UN urged Israel on Friday to stop its bloody assault on Jenin in the occupied West Bank, saying it was "deeply concerned" by the humanitarian toll. 

“Nearly all of Jenin refugee camp’s 20,000 residents have been displaced over the past two months in the context of security operations, both by the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli security forces,” United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarri said. 

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Saudi counterpart Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud discussed “the path forward in Gaza” in a phone call on Friday, according to a State Department readout of the call. 

The two discussed “ways to advance shared interests in Syria, Lebanon, and across the region, to include Red Sea security and freedom of navigation”, the statement said. 

Egypt will host a meeting of Arab foreign ministers to discuss Israel's war on Gaza and support for the  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa), according to Egyptian media.  

The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, will meet in Cairo, according to reports. They will be joined by the secretary-general of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the secretary-general of the Arab League. 

Arab states are scrambling to support Unrwa after it was banned in Israel. 

Israeli troops operating in a buffer zone in southern Syria came under fire on Friday, the Israeli military said. 

The Israeli soldiers returned fire, the Israeli military said. 

The incident marks the first time Israeli troops came under fire in Syria. 

Israel occupied a wide-swath of a UN buffer zone between the two neighbours after former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was toppled. 

Belize has submitted an application to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, underscoring how countries are still looking to hold Israel to account for what they allege is its genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, despite a ceasefire. 

Belize, a Central American country, joins a growing list of states accusing Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, including Nicaragua, Colombia, Cuba, Libya, Mexico, Spain, Turkey and the Palestinian Authority.

Israel denies the charge. 

Israeli soldiers raided a wedding party in Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to a report by Palestinian news agency Wafa. 

A video from the scene showed Israeli soldiers breaking up the celebration and sparking chaos among guests. The soldiers detained the groom for roughly one hour before releasing him, the report said.