The Latest Breaking News from Gaza

The 76-year-old was abducted on October 7, 2023

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Shardool Katyayan are joined by Suhasini Haidar, Diplomatic Affairs Editor at The Hindu, and Dr Khinvraj Jangid, director and professor at the Centre for Israel Studies at OP Jindal Global University. 

Thousands of worshippers returned on Friday to the Gaza Strip's few intact and many damaged mosques, where for the first time in months loudspeakers blared the Islamic call to prayer.

Tensions have been growing over Israeli claims that Hamas has been slow-walking the return of hostages' bodies.

The ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has allowed more aid to flow into Gaza – but obstacles remain, particularly in the north

The BBC previously apologised after acknowledging "serious flaws" in the making of "Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone" and removed it from its online player.

A team of Turkish disaster response specialists is stationed at the Egyptian border, awaiting Israeli authorisation to enter Gaza and help in search and recovery operations, a Turkish official told AFP on Friday.

With the remains of 18 Hamas hostages still missing, loved ones feel their cycle of grief has yet to end

Israel says the reduced amount of aid is in response to Hamas allegedly breaching the truce agreement by returning the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages too slowly.