The Israeli army carried out air raids on Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, while bulldozers continued demolishing residential buildings despite a fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.
According to multiple media outlets, including The New Arab’s Arabic-language sister site Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Israeli forces conducted demolitions of homes east of Gaza City, as well as in Rafah and Khan Younis, late on Friday and into early Saturday morning.
The United Nations estimates that 92 percent of all residential buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed since Israel’s assault on the enclave began.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian armed group Islamic Jihad has handed over the body of a deceased captive as part of the ceasefire terms between Israel and Hamas.
Israel has identified the remains as those of Lior Rudaeff, who, according to the Israeli military, was killed during the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack on the southern Israeli kibbutz of Nir Yitzhak.
Hamas transferred Rudaeff’s body to the Red Cross late on Friday, after which it was passed to the Israeli military in Gaza.