Updates: Hamas-Israel ceasefire holds

Israeli fire killed three Palestinians in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, while an Israeli drone wounded four others in Gaza City, the territory's health ministry said on Sunday.

Medics said Israeli fire killed at least two people east of Tuffah neighbourhood in the northern Gaza Strip, and a 41-year-old man was killed by Israeli forces in Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave.

Earlier, medical workers said an Israeli drone exploded on the rooftop of a multi-floor building in Gaza City, wounding four civilians in the street nearby.

An Israeli military spokesperson said they were not aware of any incident in Khan Younis involving a Palestinian being killed by gunfire. The spokesperson had no immediate comment on the reported shooting in Tuffah.

In response to questions about the Gaza City incident, in which four civilians were injured, a military spokesperson later said in a written statement that a camera on the roof of a "structure" that was used to monitor and advance attacks on troops was "precisely" struck by the military.

The spokesperson did not provide any evidence to support the assertion there was a camera, or that a camera was used to monitor Israeli military movements.

Israel will reopen Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt for the passage of people only after an operation to locate the body of the last remaining Israeli hostage in the enclave is completed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said late on Sunday.

UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory Francesca Albanese criticised US President Donald Trump's proposed "Board of Peace", urging states to engage only in UN-led or UN-sanctioned initiatives grounded in international law.

Her comments followed a report quoting Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin, who said the government was "examining" an invitation to join Trump's so-called Board of Peace.

Albanese said the initiative fails international law standards and Palestinian self-determination, calling on the rule of law-abiding states to seek its immediate dismantling rather than membership.

US officials' discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the second phase of President Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza were constructive, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday.

"The United States and Israel maintain a strong and longstanding relationship built on close coordination and shared priorities. The discussion was constructive and positive, with both sides aligned on next steps and the importance of continued cooperation on all matters critical to the region," Witkoff said in an X post. The talks were held on Saturday, he said.

An Israeli strike on south Lebanon killed an individual, the health ministry reported, as Israel’s military said it struck Hezbollah targets.

In a statement, the ministry said "an Israeli enemy raid" near Khirbet Selm, south Lebanon, killed one person and wounded another in a preliminary toll.

The army said it also struck "military infrastructure sites belonging to Hezbollah" in the eastern Bekaa area.

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reopen the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt during talks in Jerusalem, Israeli media reported Sunday.

The reports came after a newly appointed administrator for Gaza said Thursday that the crossing would be operational in both directions next week.

Israeli news site Ynet reported, citing an unnamed Israeli official, that while the meeting between Netanyahu, Witkoff and Kushner was "positive", Witkoff pressed Israel to reopen Rafah even before Hamas returns the remains of the last Israeli hostage believed to be held in Gaza.

According to the official, Witkoff also raised the possibility of Turkey playing a role in Gaza's future.

Hamas leaders, led by Khalil Al-Hayya, met Turkish intelligence officials led by the country's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Istanbul to discuss advancing a ceasefire agreement for peace in Gaza. 

Both sides emphasised joint coordination to ease humanitarian suffering of the Palestinian people and manage Gaza through a National Committee. 

Plans include opening the Rafah crossing for aid and reaffirming the steadfast principles of aiding and sheltering the Palestinian people in the occupied territory.

During the meeting, the Hamas delegation expressed gratitude to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for Türkiye's mediation and guarantor role in efforts to secure peace in Gaza, as well as for Ankara’s increasingly prominent role in the plan’s second phase.

The UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, has condemned Israel’s demolition of the compound of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem, calling it an unprecedented assault on the UN system and Palestinian rights.

“I am horrified by the Government of Israel’s relentless destruction, carried out with total impunity. Israel is dismantling the United Nations and international law brick by brick in full view of the world," she said.

"Attacking UNRWA is tantamount to bulldozing the world’s efforts to sustain Palestinian life. Genocidal rhetoric by Israeli officials that has accompanied these demolitions leaves no room for doubt."

She urged the UN General Assembly to convene a special session to address the attacks and consider suspending Israel’s credentials under Article 6 of the UN Charter.

Albanese further called for sanctions and arms embargoes, warning that the destruction of UNRWA undermines international law and efforts to sustain Palestinian life.

She also called on countries to sever ties with Israel without further delay. 

Amid the ruins of his six-story home in Gaza, Palestinian father Mahmoud Hammad sifted rubble with a crude sieve, searching for the remains of his wife and children who killed in Israeli airstrikes

Fragments of concrete and scorched belongings were all that survived, leaving him clinging to memory alone.

Hammad shared a video of his search, writing that he had recovered his wife’s remains and continued to look for his children.

The footage spread widely online, sparking grief and outrage as activists described it as one of Gaza’s most haunting testimonies of loss.

His story reflects the plight of thousands of families forced to recover loved ones with bare hands amid relentless bombardment and blockade.

Israeli settlers stormed Khirbet Tana in the Beit Furik town, east of Nablus, and vandalised the Sheikh Mosque, damaging its contents, reported, the Palestinian Information Centre.

The settlers also destroyed fences around agricultural orchards, escalating tensions in the occupied West Bank, according to Thaher Hanani, head of the committee for the defense of Khirbet Tana’s lands.

Such assaults on Palestinian villages, homes, and farmland have become increasingly frequent in recent months in West Bank.