The war began on October 7, when Hamas-led militants launched a deadly incursion into southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and abducting 250 others. Currently, more than 90 hostages remain in captivity in Gaza, with a third feared dead.

PA forces shot and killed a Palestinian man in Jenin, as Israel’s military offensive in West Bank town and refugee camp entered a second day.