Palestinians in Gaza and occupied East Jerusalem marked Eid ak-Adha, defying the violence and destruction they have been subjected to.

    Israeli army burned and demolished dozens of homes in Rafah following an attack by Hamas fighters that killed eight Israeli soldiers, Al Jazeera’s correspondent reports.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the Hamas ambush that killed the soldiers in Rafah as “another heavy price” for Israel’s “just war” on Gaza.

    israel killed at least 28 Palestinians in bombings of three homes in Gaza City.

    The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warns that 50,000 children in Gaza require immediate treatment for acute malnutrition.

    At least 37,296 people have been killed and 85,197 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from Hamas’s attacks stands at 1,139, with dozens of people still held captive in Gaza.

    Antigovernment protesters block major Israeli highways

    Groups of Israeli protesters have set bonfires and barricaded major highways and junctions across the country, as anger towards the government boils over its handling of the Gaza war, according to Israeli media.

    The protesters, who blocked Route 1 towards Jerusalem and Route 4 near Israel’s central city of Ra’anana, are calling for the government to strike a captive exchange deal and to call new elections, The Times of Israel says.

    The demonstrations follow an antigovernment rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday night which police dispersed, resulting in skirmishes, and the arrest of 12 people.

    Israeli army says fighting will continue in southern Gaza despite ‘tactical pause’

    The Israeli army has tweeted in Hebrew that it would continue fighting in the southern Gaza Strip and that the “tactical pause for humanitarian purposes” that it had announced would only apply to humanitarian aid transport.

    The army’s English-language post announcing the pause in fighting had been published 90 minutes before the Hebrew post clarified that Israeli forces would continue their operations in Rafah.

    Israeli forces assault worshippers near Al-Aqsa Mosque: Report

    Israel’s military has imposed tight restrictions on entry to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, entering its courtyard to carry out security checks and stopping thousands of worshippers from entering, according to the Wafa news agency.

    Israeli forces also assaulted some worshippers on their way to the holy site and upon leaving it, said Wafa.

    Despite the heavy-handed security, more than 40,000 people have performed Eid prayers at the mosque, according to the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf that oversees the site.