Israel is arming local militias in Gaza in an effort to counter Hamas in the besieged enclave, officials say, as opposition politicians warned that the move endangers national security.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has closed its aid distribution sites for the day, without giving a date on when they would open again.

The IDF killed Kataib al-Mujahideen’s military wing commander, Mahmoud Muhammad Hamid Kuhail, also known as Abu al-Mu'tasim, and a senior leader of the group, As'ad Abu Sharaiya, the head of the terrorist organization, in an airstrike on the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced on Saturday.

Israel says it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage abducted to Gaza during the 2023 Hamas-led attack that sparked the Israel-Hamas war.

Nattapong Pinta was captured alive and was likely killed during the first months of captivity, the Israeli military says.