Israel-Gaza updates: Israel says ground operation underway in southern Gaza
The IDF said it's carried out 10,000 airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended early Friday, 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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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.
427 attacks on health care in Gaza, West Bank since Oct. 7: WHO
The World Health Organization said Thursday that it has documented 427 attacks on health care in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank since Oct. 7.
Those attacks have resulted in 566 fatalities and 758 injuries, according to the WHO.
“Health care and civilians must be actively protected,” the WHO wrote in a post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
-ABC News’ Nasser Atta and Morgan Winsor
Video shows fatal shooting of 2 Palestinian children in West Bank
Video has emerged purportedly showing the moment two Palestinian children were shot dead in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said two children -- identified as 8-year-old Adam Samar Al-Ghoul and 15-year-old Basel Sulaiman Abu Al-Wafa -- were gunned down by Israeli soldiers in the city of Jenin.
The Israel Defense Forces said its troops had killed two terrorists during a counter-terror raid in Jenin, including a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group whom the IDF identified as Muhammad Zubeidi.
When asked about reports that two children were also killed, the IDF told ABC News that during the raid its soldiers had also shot suspects who threw explosive devices toward them.
Surveillance video from the scene reviewed by ABC News appeared to show one of the boys was holding a small object before the pair were fatally shot. The other didn't appear to be holding anything. The children are not seen throwing anything in the video, which begins only a few seconds before the shooting.
Video also showed IDF troops in armored vehicles on the street adjacent to the location of the shooting.
-ABC News' Nasser Atta, Layla Ferris, Helena Skinner and Morgan Winsor
More Israeli hostages, Palestinian prisoners to be released Thursday
Ten Israeli hostages and 30 Palestinian prisoners are expected to be freed on Thursday as part of the extended truce between Hamas and Israel, according to Diaa Rashwan, head of Egypt's State Information Service.
Rashwan said Egyptian-Qatari mediation efforts are ongoing with the aim of further extending the truce by another two days to allow for a longer cease-fire and the release of more hostages and prisoners.
An Israeli political source told ABC News that at least eight hostages are expected to be freed by Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
-ABC News' Ayat Al-Tawy, Jordana Miller, Joe Simonetti and Morgan Winsor
Cease-fire between Israel and Hamas extended
The cease-fire between Israel and Hamas has been extended, the Israel Defense Forces announced early Thursday morning.
In a post on X, the IDF said that due to the work of the mediators, who are continuing to work on deals to get the hostages released, the cease-fire would "continue."
Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson also confirmed the news, saying in a statement, “The Palestinian and Israeli sides have reached an agreement to extend the humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip by an additional day (today, Thursday) under the same previous terms, which are a ceasefire and the entry of humanitarian aid,” Majid Al-Ansari's statement read.
In a statement to state news agency QNA, the spokesman affirmed mediators continue to "intensify efforts with the aim of reaching a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip."
IDF says it's 'prepared to continue fighting'
The Israel Defense Forces "is prepared to continue fighting" in the Gaza Strip and is "using the days of the pause as part of the framework to learn, strengthen our readiness and approve future operational plans," according to IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi.
"The return of the hostages is a bright light for us all," Halevi said in a statement on Tuesday. "It is also further evidence of the results of significant military pressure and resolute ground operations, which created the conditions for the return of our civilians home."
Halevi vowed "to apply the same strength" if needed in northern Israel, where he said some residents have been evacuated from their homes amid clashes along the border between Israeli forces and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
"The IDF's ground operations in Gaza City, a dense and complex area, aim to achieve a worthy and necessary goal," he said. "We know, if required, how to apply the same strength in the north, in order to return you safely to your communities, cities and this beautiful and important region of the country."
-ABC News' Morgan Winsor