Palestinian health workers say an Israeli strike on a built-up refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has killed two people as a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip entered a third day.

The UN Palestinian relief agency said its humanitarian work across the occupied territories and Gaza was still ongoing on Friday despite an Israeli ban that took effect a day before and what it described as hostility towards its staff.

The EU’s top diplomat has said the civilian mission can play a “decisive role” in supporting the Gaza ceasefire. Euronews breaks down what we know about its mandate and operations. View on euronews

Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip’s southernmost part, in another serious violation of the ceasefire deal

An Israeli military operation continues in the Jenin camp amid fierce clashes with Palestinian groups, as Israeli tanks killed two people in southern Gaza.

Throngs of people eagerly waited on Thursday for more than 100 Palestinian prisoners who were released from Israel in exchange for hostages held in Gaza.

Israeli security forces backed by helicopters have raided a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin, killing at least ten Palestinians and injuring a further 35 people.

The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour through mountains of rubble.

Israel deploys more troops and launches drone strikes on the occupied West Bank as it refocuses its war on Palestine.

Gazans were surveying the vast damage to their neighborhoods on Monday as anxious Israelis awaited news about the condition of the hostages.

Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners, 120 of them serving life sentences, from its jails as part of a ceasefire deal. They ranged in age from 16 to 67. Some were set free into an exuberant West Bank, while those whose offenses were considered too serious were transferred to Egypt.

Israel says troops fired on masked gunmen in Gaza, but it remains committed to the ceasefire as it continues a new offensive in the West Bank.