Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian militants who carried out a deadly attack on a bus in the West Bank earlier this month.

Israeli security forces backed by helicopters have raided a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin, killing at least ten Palestinians and injuring a further 35 people.

Yemen's Houthis announced the release of 25 crew of the Galaxy Leader, a commercial vessel seized in November 2023 in the Red Sea.

Israel 's top general has resigned, citing the security failures that allowed Hamas ' 7 October, 2023, attack as at least nine Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli raid in the West Bank.

Israel says it will maintain control of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip during the first phase of the ceasefire with Hamas

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The first three hostages were released from Gaza and the first Palestinian prisoners were freed from Israeli custody as the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold following 15 months of war, with mixed emotions and more difficult steps ahead over the next six weeks.

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The exchange will take place the day after the lists are swapped, said Zaher Jabarin, head of the Hamas cell in the West Bank

The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour through mountains of rubble looking for bodies of those killed by Israeli bombardments during the 15-month war.

The men were affiliated with a militant group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which carried out an attack earlier this month, the military said.

Families left their homes as the Israeli military pressed on with its raids in the city of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.