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.

At least 75 Palestinians were killed and around 100 more injured on the second day of Eid al-Adha in Israeli forces' airstrikes and gunfire in several areas of the Gaza Strip that began early Saturday morning, according to Palestinian sources.