The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) claimed to have assassinated a top Hezbollah commander who allegedly led armament efforts for the Lebanese resistance movement

The airstrikes come just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to implement the first phase of his proposed plan to end the ongoing war in Gaza.

After a few temporary ceasefires, Israel and Hamas agreed to a multi-phase peace agreement in January that sought to end the war. But in March — before the plan reached phase two, in which Israeli forces would withdraw from the Gaza Strip entirely — Israel broke the ceasefire and resumed its hostilities with new airstrikes.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of Donald Trump's peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

Israeli airstrikes killed six people in Gaza on Friday, hours after Hamas partially agreed to a peace plan and after President Trump called on Israel to stop bombing the territory. One of the

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said early Friday his Cabinet approved the “outline” of a deal to release hostages held by Hamas.

Israel’s army said they were not aware of anyone being killed by gunfire Saturday in southern Gaza, and didn’t provide immediate comment about the airstrikes. The director of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City told The Associated Press that medical teams ...

Those claims continued to dog Israel in the second year of its conflict, as civilian casualties in Gaza climbed, mass hunger spread and the IDF repeatedly forced large numbers of Palestinians to relocate. As Israel opened aid routes in July, the IDF said in a statement that that there is "no starvation in Gaza."

What we know so far is that Israel will cease its military assault in Gaza. Hamas, meanwhile, has agreed to free the remaining 20 Israeli hostages still alive in Gaza. The Conversation’s international affairs editor Jonathan Este spoke with Scott Lucas, a Middle East expert at University College Dublin, who addressed several key issues.

“It was a very violent night, during which the [Israeli army] carried out dozens of air strikes and artillery shelling on Gaza City and other areas in the Strip, despite President Trump’s call to halt the bombing,” civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP. He said 20 homes were destroyed in the attacks.

Tensions erupt as Israel continues airstrikes in northern Gaza, directly undermining U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Peace in the Middle East” announcement. Despite orders from Trump to halt military operations,