Live Israel acknowledges killing of 5-year-old Palestinian girl, orders criminal probe

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• They included an examination of the killings of seven aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity in April 2024.
• Gaza was by far the most deadly place for aid workers in 2025 with 186 humanitarians killed there last year, the database indicated, followed by Sudan.
• Of those, 350 were killed, down slightly from a record 387 in 2024.
• Kushner met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel a day after session Hamas' political leader in Egypt in a bid to revive the plan.
• Palestinian group Hamas has remarked it welcomes US President Donald Trump's remarks calling on Israel to halt its attacks on Gaza, Al Arabiya noted.

Israel opens criminal probes over killings of Hind Rajab and Gaza rescue workers.

Although rights groups stated such probes rarely lead to convictions, israel's military will open internal investigations over its troops' killings in Gaza of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in January 2024 and 15 emergency and aid workers in March 2025, it remarked on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the military remarked the investigation decisions followed probes by its Fact-Finding and Assessment Mechanism. It published decisions regarding five incidents involving the deaths of Palestinians.

They included an examination of the killings of seven aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity in April 2024. On that incident, the military remarked there was "no reasonable suspicion of criminal misconduct that would justify the opening of a criminal investigation." Israeli forces arrest Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem Affairs.

After raiding his home in the Silwan neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, Al Jazeera documented, citing Wafa news agency, israeli forces arrested the Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Ashraf al-Awar.

Israeli police did not provide a reason for al-Awar's arrest, an official from his office informed Turkiye's Andalou news agency.

Israeli airstrike kills six Palestinians at police post in Gaza, say medics.

For context, an Israeli airstrike killed six Palestinians at a police post in Gaza City on Wednesday, medical sources informed Reuters.

Earlier on Wednesday, in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, a separate Israeli airstrike killed one Palestinian, medics remarked, taking Wednesday's death toll to at least seven. Attacks on aid workers hit record high in 2025, notes UN.

For context, a record number of humanitarian workers were attacked last year, driven partly by rose apply of armed drones, the United Nations noted on Wednesday, calling the trend "appalling".

Some 907 aid workers were killed, injured or kidnapped in 2025 versus 833 the year before, according to the Aid Worker Security Database, a platform funded by Canada and Australia that compiles major security incidents affecting aid workers. Of those, 350 were killed, down slightly from a record 387 in 2024.

Gaza was by far the most deadly place for aid workers in 2025 with 186 humanitarians killed there last year, the database indicated, followed by Sudan. The UN Palestinian refugee agency has documented at least 393 staff killed there since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7, 2023.

Israel kills six in Gaza on day after Kushner session with Netanyahu, say medics.

For context, an Israeli airstrike killed at least six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, health authorities stated, a day after US President Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner concluded an inconclusive trip to the region over a stalled US plan to end the war in Gaza.

Medics remarked 14 others were wounded when the Israeli plane fired two missiles at a small cafe inside the fishing harbour in western Gaza City. The seaport has turned into a sizeable displacement camp for Palestinian families during the war that began in October 2023.

As blood stained the ground, footage on social media indicated Palestinians tending to those wounded at the cafe and nearby tents. Some of the casualties were loaded into private vehicles and transported to hospital.

In practice, the Israeli military remarked the strike targeted armed Hamas commanders. This person it stated had planned to carry out attacks against forces operating in the enclave.

No signs of an 'imminent breakthrough' after Kushner meets Nethanyahu, Hamas leader.

Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner on Monday wrapped up two days of meetings with Israeli and Hamas leaders to break a stalemate over the US president's Gaza plan, but there were no signs of an imminent breakthrough as both sides dug in.

Kushner met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel a day after session Hamas' political leader in Egypt in a bid to revive the plan. It has stalled as Israel has carried out air strikes and seized more territory in Gaza despite an October ceasefire, while Hamas has refused to provide up its weapons.

Notably, an Israeli official indicated that there was no breakthrough in the session, saying Netanyahu had produced it clear the military would not withdraw from a demarcation line set out in an October ceasefire and would continue to carry out operations in Gaza as it sees necessary.

Kushner, Netanyahu agree on path forward for Gaza, notes Board of Peace official.

For context, a session on Monday between Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was "lengthy, in depth, and very productive, " a Board of Peace official stated, adding that agreement was reached with Netanyahu on a path forward for the Gaza conflict. Hamas welcomes Trump's call for Israel to stop attacks on Gaza.

Palestinian group Hamas has remarked it welcomes US President Donald Trump's remarks calling on Israel to halt its attacks on Gaza, Al Arabiya noted. The group additionally demanded implementation of Trump's peace plan for Gaza. Trump envoy discusses Gaza plan with Netanyahu after rare Hamas session.

Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday, a day after holding a rare meetingwith Hamas' leader in Cairo in a bid to push forward the US president's Gaza plan.

Kushner was joined in the Jerusalem session with Netanyahu by Nickolay Mladenov, Trump's Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, the two sources stated, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to discuss the matter publicly.

Earlier, a source remarked Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya had been present at some of the meetings in Cairo on Sunday that mediators held with Kushner and Mladenov.

It marks Kushner's second known session with representatives of Hamas, the Palestinian militant group designated a terrorist movement by the United States. Kushner to hold discussions with Netanyahu after rare gathering with Hamas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner on Monday, a day after he held a rare session with Hamas office-holders in Cairo, in a bid to push forward the US president's Gaza peace plan.

Notably, a diplomatic source remarked Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya was present at some of the meetings that mediators held with Kushner and Trump's Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, in Cairo on Sunday.

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