At least nine Palestinians were killed, including three local journalists, and others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza's northern Beit Lahiya town, Gaza's health ministry said, as Hamas' leaders hold Gaza ceasefire talks with mediators in Cairo.

Gaza's civil defence agency said nine people including journalists were killed in Israeli strikes in the north Saturday, an attack Hamas denounced as a "blatant violation" of the fragile ceasefire.

Hamas said it will only release an American-Israeli and the bodies of four other hostages if Israel implements their ceasefire agreement.

“Trump has made it clear that Hamas will either release hostages immediately, or pay a severe price,” the U.S. Middle East envoy warned.

The Israeli military claimed that it had targeted "two terrorists" operating a drone that posed a threat to Israeli troops. However, the Al Khair Foundation vehemently rejects this allegation, stating that its team members were not terrorists.

Hamas said Saturday it will only release an American-Israeli and the bodies of four other hostages if Israel implements their ceasefire agreement, calling it an “exceptional deal” aimed at getting the truce back on track. Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes killed nine people in Gaza including local journalists, medics and a watchdog…

A senior Hamas official said long-delayed talks over the ceasefire’s second phase would need to begin the day of the release and last no longer than 50 days.

Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to free an American-Israeli dual national if Israel begins the next phase of ceasefire talks towards a permanent end to the war, an offer Israel dismissed as

Nine Palestinians were killed, including two local journalists and others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza's northern Beit Lahiya town,

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