Updates: Hamas says remains of Gaza captive Shiri Bibas given to Red Cross

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We will be closing this live page soon. Here is a recap of today’s main events:

• Hamas has announced that it has transferred the remains of Israeli captive Shiri Bibas to the Red Cross, following Israel’s statement that her body was not among those returned on Thursday.
• The armed wing of Hamas has named the six Israeli captives to be freed on Saturday in exchange for a total of 602 Palestinian prisoners.
• US President Donald Trump in an interview with Fox News says he will “recommend” his plan to “take over” Gaza and displace Palestinians rather than impose it.
• The head of the Gaza Government Media Office says Israel has carried out more than 350 violations of the January 15 ceasefire agreement to date.
• Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian children, both 13 years old, in separate attacks in Jenin and Hebron in the occupied West Bank, where the military has ramped up raids and other operations.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the pledge during talks with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.

“With the Palestinian issue at the core of the Middle East issue, China will continue to stand firmly with Arab brothers and make efforts to correct historical injustice thoroughly, and restore lasting peace in the region at an early date,” Wang told the Saudi foreign minister, according to a statement.

Wang also lauded Saudi Arabia’s “active mediation on hot issues and is pleased to see Saudi Arabia play a constructive role in regional peace and stability”, the statement said, in an apparent reference to Riyadh hosting talks between the US and Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

Francesca Albanese has said the Israeli prime minister, who faces war crimes allegations at the International Criminal Court (ICC), has continued with his “unlawful actions”.

The UN special rapporteur’s remark came in a post on X that referred to Netanyahu’s takeover of a home in the occupied West Bank earlier today alongside Israeli soldiers.

“These actions are leading Israel to a troubling point in history,” Albanese wrote.

“It’s crucial for [international] law to be enforced, holding Israel accountable, starting with its leaders.”

We have another statement from Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP), which has denounced the Israeli army’s killing of two Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank today.

DCIP said the children – who, as we’ve been reporting, were killed in Jenin and Hebron – were “targeted suddenly and without warning in the back” by Israeli soldiers positioned inside armoured vehicles.

“Israeli forces have nothing but contempt for Palestinian children’s lives and systemic impunity means they will face no consequences,” said DCIP’s Ayed Abu Eqtaish.

“It is outrageous that world leaders have allowed Israel to kill Palestinian children with such cruelty with no accountability.”

Mohammad al-Amouri, a cousin of slain 13-year-old Rimas al-Amouri, says he was at home when he heard gunfire nearby.

“We went outside to see what had happened and found my cousin on the ground. We tried to pull her out, but the army didn’t let us – and started shooting,” al-Amouri said from Jenin.

“Later, her brother, my brother and I tried again to pull her up. But the same thing happened, they started shooting at the walls to prevent anyone from approaching.”

Rights groups describe Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians in detention as “war crimes”.

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has removed its documentary, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, from its iPlayer service after it was revealed that its teenage narrator is the son of a Hamas official.

The broadcaster stated that it is conducting “further due diligence” following mounting scrutiny.

The film, which aired on BBC Two on Monday, follows 13-year-old Abdullah al-Yazouri as he describes life in Gaza. However, it later emerged that his father, Ayman al-Yazouri, serves as Hamas’s deputy minister of agriculture.

In a statement today, the BBC defended the documentary’s value but acknowledged concerns. “There have been continuing questions raised about the programme, and in light of these, we are conducting further due diligence with the production company.”

Let’s bring you up to speed on the latest developments:

• Hamas says it has handed over the remains of Israeli captive Shiri Bibas to the Red Cross, after Israel said her body was not among those returned this week.
• Amid staunch opposition to Trump’s plan to “take over” Gaza, the US president tells Fox News he’s “not forcing it” but would “recommend it”.
• Two Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces during raids in Jenin and Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
• The Palestinian foreign ministry slams a visit by Netanyahu to Tulkarem, saying the Israeli prime minister and soldiers “broke into a house” to use it as a command centre.

Thousands of supporters of Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime leader of Lebanese group Hezbollah, have flown into Beirut for his funeral on Sunday.

Nasrallah was killed in September of last year in a massive Israeli military attack on southern Beirut.

Nasrallah was one of the group’s founders and Hezbollah’s leader of more than 30 years.

He was one of several top Hezbollah officials killed during the group’s war with Israel,.

Crowds are expected to gather on Sunday at Beirut’s main sports stadium for a funeral ceremony before Nasrallah’s burial.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has met his South African counterpart Ronald Lamola in Johannesburg.

Fidan and Lamola held talks as part of a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting, Turkish foreign ministry sources said.

Among other topics, the pair discussed the latest developments in Gaza, as well as the genocide case that South Africa filed against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

Al Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.

What we can now report is that the Red Cross has confirmed receiving a coffin from Hamas, which the Gaza-based group says has the body of Shiri Bibas.

The Israeli army will receive the coffin from the Red Cross as soon as coordination for that happens.

The situation on the ground is quite complex.

Any movement in the night for the Red Cross will have to be closely coordinated with the Israeli army, which remains in a so-called buffer zone that remains 700 metres (2,296 feet) to one kilometre (0.6 miles) deep into the territory.

Al Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.

The occupied West Bank has been reeling from a wide-scale military offensive that Israel has waged for almost the past month, and this is only being stepped up.

In the past few hours, the Israeli forces have killed two children.

One is a 13-year-old girl, Rimas al-Amouri, who was shot in the back, according to the paramedic who tried to save her life. She was shot in Jenin.

Doctors in the government hospital there tried to save her life, but she succumbed to her wounds.

Another child, also 13 years old, Ayman Nassar al-Haimouni … was confirmed killed by medical sources in Hebron, bringing the number of children killed in this military offensive since the beginning of the year to 13.

The Palestinian foreign ministry has condemned Netanyahu’s visit to the Tulkarem refugee camp in the north of the West Bank.

In a statement, the ministry said Netanyahu and a group of soldiers “broke into a house” to use it as a command centre.

As we reported earlier, the Israeli military has been carrying out intensified military raids across the West Bank.