Updates: Hamas-Israel ceasefire holds

An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, the territory's health officials said, and the Israeli military said it killed a man who posed a threat to its forces in the south of the enclave.

Medics said an Israeli airstrike against a group of Palestinians in Gaza City's Tuffah neighbourhood killed two people and wounded several others. The Israeli military didn't immediately comment on the report.

Airline KLM said that it is temporarily suspending flights between Amsterdam and Tel Aviv as of March 1, according to a company statement on Wednesday.

KLM, the Dutch arm of airline group Air France KLM, said it was not "commercially or operationally feasible" for the airline to operate flights to Tel Aviv.

A record 129 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2025, said the Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday, blaming Israel for two-thirds of the deaths.

Over three-quarters of all the fatalities in 2025 were in conflict settings, the CPJ said in its report.

More than 60% of the 86 members of the press killed by Israeli fire in 2025 were Palestinians reporting from Gaza, it added.

The Israeli military maintains that it never deliberately targets journalists.

"Journalists are being killed in record numbers at a time when access to information is more important than ever," CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg said in a statement.

"We are all at risk when journalists are killed for reporting the news."

Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian houses and cars in the village of Susya, located south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, during the holy month of Ramadan, Anadolu Agency reported, citing Al-Baidar Human Rights Organisation.

Five residential properties and multiple vehicles were burned, the group reported, and added that settlers stormed the village, inflicting extensive material damage and instilling fear among local residents, especially women and children.

Local sources said that settlers also launched tear gas canisters into several homes, causing four people to suffer breathing difficulties due to smoke inhalation.

Violence by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank has intensified since the start of the Gaza conflict in October 2023. Palestinian reports indicate that more than 1,116 people have been killed, approximately 11,500 injured, and around 22,000 detained during this period.

The US will provide on-site passport services this week in a settlement in the West Bank, marking the first time American consular officials have offered such services to settlers in the occupied territory, US officials said on Tuesday.

In a post on X, the US Embassy in Jerusalem said that as part of efforts to reach all Americans abroad, "consular officers will be providing routine passport services in Efrat on Friday, February 27," referring to a settlement south of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem.

The Embassy said it would plan similar on-site services in the Palestinian West Bank city of Ramallah, in the settlement of Beitar Illit near Bethlehem, and in cities within Israel such as Haifa.

The US offers passport and consular services at its Embassy in Jerusalem as well as at a Tel Aviv branch office. The number of dual American-Israeli nationals living in the West Bank is estimated to be in the tens of thousands.

Asked for comment, an embassy spokesperson said: "This is the first time we have provided consular services to a settlement in the West Bank." The spokesperson said similar services were being offered to American-Palestinian dual nationals in the West Bank.

More than a dozen international humanitarian organisations have petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to block an imminent order that would force 37 NGOs to cease operations in Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem, warning of catastrophic consequences for Palestinians.

The 17 petitioners, which include some of the NGOs hit by the ban, argue the Israeli measures are incompatible with an occupying power´s obligations under international humanitarian law.

"Turning humanitarian organisations into an information-gathering arm for a party to the conflict stands in total contradiction to the principle of neutrality," the petition states.

The petitioners say they have proposed practical alternatives to handing over staff lists to Israel, including "independent sanctions screening" and "donor-audited vetting systems."

Israel has sent an indirect message to Lebanon that it would strike Lebanon hard, targeting civilian infrastructure including the airport, in the event that Hezbollah gets involved in any US-Iran war, said two senior Lebanese officials.

The office of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Lebanese presidency did not immediately respond to requests for comment.