Netanyahu reiterates opposition to Palestinian state

The Israeli prime minister made the comments in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Last Updated: December 7, 2025, 11:12 AM EST

The ceasefire in Gaza is broadly holding, with Israeli forces inside the strip having pulled back to the so-called "yellow line."

Nonetheless, sporadic clashes between the Israel Defense Forces and Gaza militants -- plus deadly IDF airstrikes -- continue.

The remains of one deceased hostage are still thought to be in Gaza. Israeli authorities have been releasing Palestinian prisoners and the bodies of deceased Palestinians detainees in exchange for the return of hostage remains.

Dec 04, 2025, 3:31 AM EST

5 killed in Israeli strikes in southern Gaza, hospital says

Israeli forces said in a statement that they struck an alleged "Hamas terrorist" in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli strike, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on Dec. 3, 2025.
Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters

At least five people were killed and 10 people were injured by the Israeli strikes, the Kuwait field hospital in southern Gaza reported.

The Israel Defense Forces said the strikes were in response to what it called a "blatant violation" of the ceasefire agreement earlier in the day. In that incident, four IDF soldiers were injured after an exchange of fire in Rafah.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Diaa Ostaz

Dec 03, 2025, 2:40 PM EST

7 injured at school in Gaza City

At least seven people were injured at a school where displaced people are living in Gaza City after it was targeted by Israeli fire on Tuesday, according to the Gaza Civil Defense and Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.

The school is located in a part of Gaza that Israeli troops are not in control of, past the yellow line established in the first phase of the ceasefire.

When asked about the incident, the Israel Defense Forces said troops identified “suspicious movement,” while “operating in the northern Gaza Strip,” in a statement to ABC News.

IDF troops “fired to remove the threat” in the area, and details of the incident are “under review,” the IDF said.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Diaa Ostaz

Dec 03, 2025, 1:33 PM EST

4 Israeli soldiers wounded by Hamas, IDF says

Four Isreal Defense Forces soldiers were wounded after Hamas members “carried out an attack against IDF troops operating in eastern Rafah,” in an area in Gaza that is under Israeli control, an Israeli military official told ABC News.

The Hamas members “opened fire and used heavy weapons against” IDF troops, the military official said.

IDF troops “returned fire in response to the attack,” the military official added.

The Israeli military official called this incident “another clear violation of the ceasefire agreement.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will respond to the attack "accordingly."

-ABC News Jordana Miller

Dec 03, 2025, 11:15 AM EST

Coffin carrying possible deceased hostage turned over to Red Cross

The Red Cross is in possession of a coffin of carrying what is believed to be a deceased hostage that will be turned over to Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip, the IDF and the Shin Bet said in a joint statement Wednesday.

The coffin will be taken to Israel for identification.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

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