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A pre-dawn Israeli airstrike killed three members of a Palestinian family, including a one-year-old child, in central Gaza on Sunday, a hospital said. At least 890 Palestinians have been killed since the October 10 ceasefire, according to Gaza's health ministry, which operates under Hamas authority and whose figures are considered reliable by the UN. The Israeli military says five of its soldiers have also been during the same period.

In a decisive military operation, Israel has taken out Mohammed Odeh, the newly appointed chief of Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades, who played a crucial role in the October 7 assaults. This action is part of a broader campaign targeting Hamas leadership figures like Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh.

Israeli forces have killed Izz al-Din al-Haddad, a senior Hamas military commander linked to the October 7 attacks. Haddad, who assumed a key role after Mohammed Sinwar's death, was reportedly involved in holding Israeli hostages. His elimination marks another significant blow to Hamas's leadership amid ongoing Israeli operations in Gaza.

Israel's parliament has greenlit a special tribunal to try and sentence to death Palestinians convicted in the October 7th Hamas-led attack. The bill, passed overwhelmingly, aims to punish those responsible for the deadliest assault in Israel's history. Rights groups, however, voice concerns over fair trial procedures and the ease of imposing the death penalty.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged some responsibility for the October 7th security failures, stating accountability rests with "everyone" across the establishment. He emphasized focusing on post-attack events and Iran's broader threat, asserting he was previously a restrained leader. The offensive in Gaza has resulted in significant Palestinian casualties and destruction.

Israel's Navy successfully intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying activists near Crete, preventing any vessels from reaching Palestinian shores. Prime Minister Netanyahu commended the operation, stating all participants were turned back. The US State Department backed Israel's actions, calling the flotilla a counterproductive stunt organized by a pro-Hamas entity.

Trump's Board of Peace has received only a fraction of the $17 billion pledged for rebuilding Gaza, preventing plans for the war-hit region's future, This funding crisis has halted plans for a US-backed Palestinian technocratic body to govern Gaza, leaving its deployment stalled due to a lack of available funds and ongoing security concerns.

Israeli soldiers reportedly tortured a one-year-old child in central Gaza. The child, Karim, allegedly suffered burns and puncture wounds. This happened while his father, Osama Abu Nassar, was interrogated. The child was later returned to his family. His father remains in detention. The family seeks international intervention for his release.

Five Palestinians among the wounded at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza have died as the facility remains besieged by Israeli forces, the enclave's health ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The gaza health ministry said that at least 32,142 Palestinians have been killed and 74,412 injured in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since October 7.

Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 2,450 people since Hamas's bloody attack on southern Israel last week, the gaza health ministry said Sunday. Another 9,200 people have also been injured as Israel continued its blistering air campaign on targets in the Palestinian coastal enclave, the Hamas-controlled ministry added.

A total of 24,927 Palestinians have been killed and 62,388 have been wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct.7, the gaza health ministry said in a statement on Saturday .

At least 15 children have tragically lost their lives due to malnutrition and dehydration at Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital. The hospital's intensive care unit is currently treating 6 children who are also suffering from malnutrition and diarrhea. Lack of electricity, oxygen, and limited medical resources has worsened the situation. Ashraf Al-Qidra, spokesperson for the gaza health ministry, expressed deep concern.

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said at least 60 people have been killed in Israeli air strike that late Sunday hit three houses in a refugee camp. The ministry, which initially reported 45 deaths, said the strike destroyed the houses in Al-Maghazi camp in the centre of the Palestinian territory. gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said the strike destroyed a "residential block" and that the "toll is likely to rise" given the large number of families residing there at the time of the strike.

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza has declared the Palestinian territory a "polio epidemic area," accusing Israel's military campaign of destroying health infrastructure, which it says led to the recurrence of the virus. Israel's campaign has killed 39,400 people so far in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory, which does not provide details of civilian and militant deaths.

The Gaza-based Ministry of Health has released a detailed report on the casualties of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, stating that a total of 7,028 Palestinians have been killed, including 2,913 minors. The ministry, the only official source for Gaza casualties, has faced criticism for its lack of transparency and accused of inflating death tolls. The numbers provided by the ministry are considered reliable by international organizations such as the United Nations and have been consistent with previous wars.

US President Joe Biden has expressed doubt about the casualty figures provided by Palestinian officials in Gaza, but international humanitarian agencies consider them to be accurate and reliable. The health ministry in Gaza released a document containing the names and identity numbers of around 7,000 Palestinians who were killed in the Israeli bombardment. International groups and media outlets are not able to verify the figures, but they trust them broadly. The United Nations and other international agencies continue to include the gaza health ministry's data in their reporting.

Gaza's health ministry reports 79 deaths in the last 24 hours due to Israeli strikes, with hospitals in the north inaccessible. Among the casualties were nine children of a pediatrician, Alaa Najjar, killed in Khan Younis; her husband was severely wounded, and their only surviving child is in critical condition.

Under the US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza's Nasser Hospital received 15 Palestinian bodies from Israel, following the return of an Israeli hostage's remains. This exchange adheres to an agreement where Israel returns 15 Palestinian bodies for each Israeli hostage released. The deal also mandates increased aid to Gaza, though a significant portion remains unadmitted.

Israel pounded Gaza on Monday, exacerbating the dire conditions for civilians with no end in sight to the war Hamas says has killed more than 20,000 people in the Palestinian territory. Israel vowed to crush Hamas and launched a retaliatory military campaign in Gaza, including extensive aerial bombardment, that has killed at least 20,424 people, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run Palestinian territory's health ministry. The gaza health ministry said an Israeli air strike killed at least 70 people on Christmas Eve at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp.

Over 700 Palestinians were killed in a 24-hour period by Israeli air strikes, according to Gaza's health ministry. The Israeli military claimed to have struck over 400 Hamas targets and killed dozens of fighters overnight. The United Nations called for emergency aid to be allowed into Gaza, stating that current deliveries were insufficient. The World Health Organization (WHO) called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to allow for safe aid deliveries. Gaza's health ministry reported that over 5,700 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli bombardments since October 7.

The lives of at least 120 newborn babies on incubators in war-torn Gaza's hospitals are at risk as fuel runs out in the besieged enclave, the UN children's agency warned Sunday. "If they (babies) are put in mechanical ventilation incubators, by definition, if you cut the electricity, we are worried about their lives," the UNICEF spokesman told AFP. Gaza's health ministry said on Saturday that 130 premature babies were in danger of dying due to the lack of fuel.

Almost all patients at the European Gaza Hospital and the Red Cross field hospital fled following Israeli military evacuation orders, according to the WHO. The evacuation orders affected the southern Gaza areas of Khan Yunis and Rafah, near the Egyptian border. The World Health Organization reported that on Monday, 270 patients and medical staff self-evacuated. On Tuesday, the gaza health ministry continued the evacuation of more patients.