Israel-Gaza updates: IDF says it's 'dismantled' Hamas' military framework

While taking questions on the tarmac in Greece before heading to Jordan in his latest round of Middle East shuttle diplomacy, Secretary of State Antony Blinken wouldn't reveal diplomatic conversations on the latest flareup in northern Israel, where Hezbollah missiles struck early Saturday, but said the U.S. is "actively working" on the issue.

"One of the areas of real concern is the border between Israel and Lebanon," he said, pointing to the "tens of thousands forced from their homes in northern Israel."

"We are looking at ways diplomatically to try to defuse that challenge, that tension, so that people can return to their homes, that they can live in peace and security," Blinken said.

Blinken said the broad priorities of his trip include "preventing this conflict from spreading," to "maximize the protection for civilians, maximize humanitarian assistance, getting it to them, and also to get hostages out of Gaza," and paving the way for a postwar, "Palestinian-led" Gaza.

He also praised U.S.-Greek cooperation, pointing to the Greeks' help in Operation Prosperity Guardian to keep the Red Sea safe amid increasing Houthi attacks on commercial vessels.

"I can't think of a time when the partnership, the friendship between our countries has been stronger," he said.

-ABC News' Chris Boccia

Al Nuseirat Camp, a Palestinian refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, was home to about 100,000 people before the war. Now, only a few hundred remain.

Umm Ahmed, a mother of three, told ABC News she has evacuated three times but has returned to Al Nuseirat Camp.

"I see people sitting and sleeping in the streets," Ahmed said. "The situation doesn’t allow movement from here to there. It is financially expensive."

Ahmed said the situation in Gaza is "very, very, very bad."

"The situation, in all honesty, is no food, no drinking, no water, not even drinkable water, poverty, hunger and diseases," she said. "Skin diseases are also difficult for children."

Abu Muhammad, another resident of the camp, told ABC News he did not sleep last night due to bombing. But he does not want to leave.

"My message to the world is that we are here, and this is our land and we will not abandon it," he said.

-ABC News' Sami Zayara

An Israeli man who was believed to be alive and held hostage by militants in the Gaza Strip has been confirmed dead, his community announced Friday.

Tamir Adar, 38, was killed during the Hamas-led assault on the kibbutz of Nir Oz in southern Israel on Oct. 7 before militants took his body back to neighboring Gaza, according to a statement from the kibbutz. His grandmother, Yaffa Adar, was abducted alive and later released during a weeklong cease-fire in November.

Tamir was "born and raised in the kibbutz and lived there with his family," the statement from Nir Oz said. He is survived by his wife and two young children.

"Tamir was a family man, he loved people and nature," the statement added.

-ABC News' Anna Brund, Jordana Miller and Morgan Winsor

The mother and uncle of an American servicemember were rescued from Gaza in an operation involving Israel and Egypt -- the first known mission of its kind to take place since the war broke out -- U.S. officials confirmed on Thursday.

Zahra Sckak and her brother-in-law, Farid (a U.S. citizen), were shepherded out of Gaza days ago, though the details of the operation were kept quiet due to security concerns surrounding the operation.

The U.S. played a "liaison role" in the case, according to State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller.

"There wasn’t an operational presence by any U.S. forces or U.S. personnel there to help these family members escape, but we were glad to see them make their way safely out of Gaza and we’ll continue to work to do what we can to facilitate the departure of others," Miller told reporters Thursday.

Fadi Sckak, a brother of the U.S. servicemember, told ABC News Live last month that his mother was on the list of individuals approved to leave Gaza through the Rafah gate, but that she couldn't get to the border crossing because of the heavy fighting surrounding the area where she was sheltering.

-ABC News' Shannon K. Crawford