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Israel-Gaza live updates: IDF says it's discovered one of Hamas' biggest tunnels under Gaza
The 2 1/2-mile-long tunnel is large enough to drive a car through, the IDF said.
The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza.
The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel. In exchange, Israel released more than 200 Palestinians from Israeli prisons.
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Latest headlines:
- IDF says it's discovered one of Hamas' biggest tunnels under Gaza
- Hostage captured at music festival confirmed dead, Israel says
- IDF says soldier who shot hostages felt 'threatened' before they opened fire
- IDF mistakenly killed 3 Israeli hostages during combat in Gaza
- Al Jazeera cameraman killed in Gaza
What we know about the conflict
The latest outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that governs the Gaza Strip, has passed the four-month mark.
In the Gaza Strip, at least 30,228 people have been killed and 71,377 others have been wounded by Israeli forces since Oct. 7, according to Gaza's Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health.
In Israel, at least 1,200 people have been killed and 6,900 others have been injured by Hamas and other Palestinian militants since Oct. 7, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
There has also been a surge in violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israeli forces have killed at least 395 people in the territory since Oct. 7, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
The ongoing war began after Hamas-led militants launched an unprecedented incursion into southern Israel from neighboring Gaza via land, sea and air. Scores of people were killed while more than 200 others were taken hostage, according to Israeli authorities. The Israeli military subsequently launched retaliatory airstrikes followed by a ground invasion of Gaza, a 140-square-mile territory where more than 2 million Palestinians have lived under a blockade imposed by Israel and supported by Egypt since Hamas came to power in 2007. Gaza, unlike Israel, has no air raid sirens or bomb shelters.
Lufthansa to resume flights to Israel
Lufthansa plans to resume flights to Tel Aviv in the new year, the airline confirmed Friday.
Lufthansa said it will offer four weekly flights from Frankfurt and three weekly flights from Munich starting Jan. 8.
Austrian Airlines and SWISS -- subsidiaries of Lufthansa -- will also resume some flights.
Flights to Beirut, which had also been suspended, resumed service on Friday, the airline said.
Bodies of 3 hostages recovered in Gaza, returned to Israel
The bodies of three hostages -- two Israeli soldiers and one civilian kidnapped from the Supernova music festival -- have been recovered in Gaza and returned to Israel, the Israel Defense Forces said.
The civilian was identified as 28-year-old Ella Toledano and the soldiers were identified as Cpl. Nik Beizer and Sgt. Ron Sherman, the IDF said.
IDF strikes Hamas infrastructure on Gaza-Egypt border
The Israeli Air Force "targeted and destroyed" Hamas military sites, weapons storage facilities and command and control centers along the Gaza-Egypt border, the Israel Defense Forces said.
"The sites that were struck in the Rafah area, where Hamas terrorists were operating, facilitated the smuggling efforts led by the Hamas terrorist organization, including the smuggling of weapons that endanger Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip," the IDF said.
44 killed from air strikes in Khan Younis in last 24 hours: Gaza Health Ministry
Forty-four people were killed over the last 24 hours from Israeli air strikes in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.
Yemen says no ships bound for Israel will pass Red Sea
All ships bound for Israel, notwithstanding their nationality, will be stopped from passing through the Red Sea and become "a legitimate target" until more aid is delivered to Gaza on these ships, a Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson said.
"The Yemeni armed forces announce the prohibition of the passage of ships bound for the Zionist entity of any nationality, if they do not enter the Gaza Strip with the food and medicine they need and it will become a legitimate target for our armed forces," according to a statement.