Israel, rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, has pursued a genocidal offensive in Gaza since October 2023, killing nearly 54,700 Palestinians, most of them women and children. Aid agencies have warned about the risk of famine among the enclave's more than 2 million inhabitants.

Shelling, airstrikes reported in Khan Younis, Gaza City, and Jabalia amid ongoing humanitarian catastrophe - Anadolu Ajansı

It comes as the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it was unable to distribute aid to civilians, blaming threats by Hamas, which the group denied.

Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages - Judih Weinstein and Gad Haggai - from Gaza even as Israeli airstrikes killed 13, including journalists.

Israeli forces continued with their brutality and did not spare Palestinians on the first day of Eid al-Adha, one of Islam's holiest festivals, by carrying out a series of airstrikes and artillery attacks across the Gaza Strip on Friday morning, killing 42 people and injuring several others, according to eyewitnesses and medical sources.