Northern area of enclave also witnessed more blowing-up operations against Palestinian homes, buildings - Anadolu Ajansı

Israel confirmed on Friday that the remains of a hostage found killed in Gaza were of Hamza Ziyadne, the son of deceased hostage Youssef Ziyadne, whose body was found beside him in an underground tunnel near the southern city of Rafah.

The 22-year-old son of a man recently found dead in the Gaza Strip, who had been kidnapped from Israel, is also no longer alive. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Friday that it had informed the family after completing an investigation.

The number of "traumatic injury deaths" in Gaza since October 2023, which does not include deaths caused by disruption to health care, insufficient food, clean water and sanitation, and disease outbreaks,

Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces pounded the Palestinian territory on Thursday, killing at least 12 people including three girls.