Israeli forces are raiding Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank after an air strike on a car killed at least five there. The Israeli army claims the car was filled with militants.

    The Pentagon says the US military will deploy additional jet fighters and warships to the region amid growing anticipation of possible Iranian retaliation against Israel for the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

    Thousands of mourners rallied across the Middle East – including in Lebanon, Yemen and Jordan – in tribute to Haniyeh after he was laid to rest in Qatar.

    The United Nations says nearly two-thirds of all buildings in the Gaza Strip – more than 151,000 structures – have been damaged or destroyed in Israeli attacks since October 7.

    At least 39,480 people, including 16,314 children, have been killed and 91,128 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 and more than 200 were taken captive.

    Three women, child killed in Khan Younis attack: Report

    We can now bring you more information on the victims of the Israeli military attack near Khan Younis.

    Among the five people killed are a child and three women, reports the Palestinian Wafa news agency, quoting local sources. They are all members of the Abu Hasna family, it said.

    Israel’s military claims to destroy missile launch sites in Gaza

    In its latest war update, Israel’s military says it has struck a “significant number of” targets in Gaza in the past day.

    Among them are a tunnel and missile launch site in Rafah, and a Hamas weapons depot and another missile launch site in central Gaza, it said.

    Israel’s military did not list any casualties from these strikes, but as we’ve been reporting, its forces carried out a string of overnight strikes in Gaza that killed civilians, including a mother and her child in Bureij refugee camp.