By Staff Reporter
Six Israeli captives are scheduled to be released in Gaza today in exchange for 602 Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
The family of deceased Israeli captive Shiri Bibas confirmed that her remains have been identified after a body returned from Gaza on Thursday was discovered to belong to another person.
Israeli forces killed two Palestinian children, aged 12 and 13 years old, in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin and Hebron.
Gaza’s Health Ministry has confirmed 48,319 Palestinian deaths in Israel’s war on Gaza, while 111,749 people have been wounded. The Government Media Office updated its death toll to at least 61,709 people, saying thousands of Palestinians missing under the rubble are presumed dead.
At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.
