Israel-Hamas Conflict: Israel Recovers Body Of 19-Year-Old Soldier Who Died In Hamas Captivity

'March to Jerusalem' on 4th day as families plead for more action in hostages' release

Families and loved ones of more than 200 hostages being held in Gaza are on their fourth day of their "March to Jerusalem." The march started on Nov. 14 when the crowd started their five-day trek from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to call for more action from the government in efforts to get the hostages freed.

Steffen Seibert, Germany's ambassador to Israel, joined the march Friday, saying the European country works for their cause "on all political and diplomatic levels."

2 fuel trucks to be allowed entry into Gaza daily: report

Two trucks carrying fuel will be allowed entry into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing daily, Sky News Arabia wrote in a Google-translated post on X Friday, citing an Israeli security source.

Communication services in Gaza went out Thursday afternoon. Palestinian telecom companies said they have run out of reserve fuel for operations.

Rocket sirens sound in Israel's northern border

Rocket sirens are sounding in Israel's northern border, as per local media. Hezbollah fired rockets at Israeli army posts near the Lebanon border, specifically in the vicinity of the Malkia and Menara communities, The Times of Israel reported. The IDF has returned fire, it added.

Fears are increasing about the possible regional spillover of Israel-Hamas tensions, even as Israel continues to fight on the southern front against Hamas.

Multiple weapons found in Gaza school: IDF

Israeli forces found "multiple weapons" at a school in Gaza that "Hamas terrorists were hiding" in, the IDF said Friday. The terrorists who used the school as a hiding place were eliminated the Israeli army added.

'Closer than we were before' in hostage deal talks: Netanyahu

"We're closer than we were before the ground action, because the ground action has put pressure on Hamas to achieve a ceasefire," Netanyahu told CBS News in response to "how close" Israel is to securing an agreement with Hamas regarding the release of hostages being held in Gaza.

"We'll have a temporary ceasefire only if we get our hostages back," he reiterated, adding that the Israeli government was "doing every effort" in getting the hostages freed.

When pressed if Israel would agree to release some of the Palestinians detained in Israel in exchange of its hostages, Netanyahu said there were some things that the government needed to "keep confidential."

150 doctors from around the world arrive in Israel amid war

More than 150 doctors from different countries around the world have arrived in Israel to volunteer their services during the Israel-Hamas war, local media reported.

Around 12,000 doctors, nurses and paramedics have recently expressed their interest to volunteer to Israel's health ministry. Of the said number, around 7,000 are specialist doctors and half of them are from the United States, as per the report. Others are from Brazil, Canada, and other European countries.

Israeli troops neutralize 2 terrorists who opened fire near Hebron

Two terrorists who opened fire at Israeli forces at the Olive Junction, near Hebron in the West Bank, were shot and killed by reserve fighters with the IDF's 8106^th Battalion, the Israeli army said Friday. They also confiscated a submachine gun from the terrorists.

IDF reopens evacuation passage

The Israeli army has reopened an evacuation corridor for northern Gaza residents at the Salah Al-Din Road, IDF spokesperson for Arab media Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee said.

Residents evacuating to the south will be allowed to pass through the corridor through 4 p.m. local time.

Israeli forces will implement a "temporary tactical suspensions of military activities" between 10 a.m. through 2 p.m. local time "for humanitarian purposes in the western Rafah area and in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood."

Israeli warplanes attack Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

Israeli fighter jets struck several Hezbollah targets in Lebanon Friday, the IDF said in a Google-translated post on X. A weapons warehouse and military facility were among the assets targeted in the air strikes. A terrorist cell located in the Arab al-Aramsha area, south of the Lebanese border, was also attacked.

Senior Hamas leader killed after Israeli air strike: reports

Ahmed Bahar, first deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and a senior Hamas leader, has died from his wounds following an Israeli air strike earlier this week, as per local media and reports from Gaza.

Bahar was reportedly a former deputy chairman of the Palestinian Parliament and a member of Hamas' political bureau according to local i24 News. Hamas not yet confirmed the reports.

IDF 'close to dismantling' Hamas, says Israeli army chief

"We are close to dismantling the military system in the northern Gaza Strip," IDF chief of the general staff Herzi Halevi said, the Jerusalem Post reported Friday. There's still work to be done but the IDF was "approaching" its goal of eliminating the terror group's leaders, operatives and destroying their infrastructure, he added.

Halevi's comments came a day after the Israeli army announced that it successfully gained "operational control" of the Gaza harbor, which the IDF said had been used by Hamas as a training facility for its naval operations.

Heavy rockets, drones found during northern Gaza raid: IDF

Israeli troops found heavy rockets, drones and other warfare equipment during an overnight raid in northern Gaza, the IDF said Friday. Some weapons were found "on school grounds," the Israeli army said in a series of Google-translated posts on X.

Body of 19-year-old Israeli soldier who died in Hamas captivity found near Al-Shifa: IDF

The body of 19-year-old Noa Marciano, an Israeli soldier who died while being held by Hamas, was "found and extracted by IDF troops adjacent to the Shifa Hospital in Gaza," the IDF announced Friday.

Marciano was among more than 200 people abducted by Hamas operatives on Oct. 7. The IDF said her remains have been brought back to Israel.

Syrian army says it shot down Israeli missiles

Syria shot down Israeli missiles that were fired from the Golan Heights area toward the vicinity of Damascus early Friday, Reuters reported, citing the Syrian army. The IDF reportedly declined to comment on the matter.

The report came about a week after the IDF said a drone strike from Syria hit a school in the southern city of Eilat. Also last week, the U.S. said American warplanes struck a "safe house" in eastern Syria near the border with Iraq following "continued attacks against U.S. personnel" in the area.

White House confident of its intelligence regarding Hamas' use of Al-Shifa as command node

National Security Council (NSC) spokesperson John Kirby reiterated that the Biden administration was confident of its own intelligence regarding Hamas' use of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City as a command center.

"We have our own intelligence that convinces us that Hamas is using Al-Shifa as a command-and-control node – and most likely as well as a storage facility – and that they were sheltering themselves in a hospital, using the hospital as a shield against military action," Kirby said in a statement Thursday.

He said the IDF will speak about progress in their military operations, but "we're confident in our own intelligence assessment about how Hamas is using that hospital."

Israeli army delivers water, meals to Al-Shifa: IDF

The IDF said Friday that it delivered 4,000 liters of water and 1,500 ready-made meals to the Al-Shifa Hospital, which Israeli soldiers entered Wednesday. Patient and staff safety "remains a priority," the IDF said.

Gaza communications out again

Gaza was once again plunged into a communications blackout Thursday, marking at least the fourth outage that the territory experienced since the war started. Communications are still out as of Friday morning local time.

"Live metrics show that the Gaza Strip is now in the midst of a major internet outage as generator fuel supplies and backups finally run out," internet outage tracker NetBlocks reported Thursday.

Major Palestinian mobile networks Paltel and Jawwal said "all telecom services" were out of service Thursday. Both networks previously warned that a severe fuel shortage may halt their services.

Communications traffic dropped at around 3:30 p.m. Thursday local time, as per Cloudflare data.

Terrorist tunnel found at Al-Shifa Hospital complex: IDF

A terrorist tunnel was found by Israeli forces "inside the Shifa Hospital complex," the IDF said early Friday. It published a video and images of the alleged tunnel Israeli soldiers discovered around the area.

The IDF has repeatedly said that Hamas terrorists used a tunnel beneath the Al-Shifa Hospital as its command center. Al-Shifa is Gaza's largest medical compound and many Palestinians have sought shelter at the facility since the war started.

On Thursday, the IDF said Israeli soldiers found weapons, explosives and ammunition at the MRI center of the Al-Shifa Hospital.