Gaza held what was described as its largest mass burial, burying 112 people killed in an Israeli attack. The burial took place on Tuesday after the bodies were recently recovered from beneath rubble. All those buried were members of two large families killed in an attack in 2023.

Gaza authorities said about 40 of the dead were children. The report said many members of the two families were killed in the 2023 attack, and their bodies remained buried under the debris afterward. The remains were recovered three years later and handed over to the families.

Relatives of the victims and local residents attended the collective burial on Tuesday. The source did not provide further details about the attack, the identities of those buried, or the location of the burial. It described the event as the largest mass burial in Gaza's history.

Israel will not begin withdrawing troops from Gaza until Hamas has been fully disarmed, according to the Board of Peace established at the initiative of US President Donald Trump. The position was outlined after Israeli objections to a disarmament agreement announced by the board last week, with disagreement persisting over the timing of Hamas’s weapons surrender and Israeli troop withdrawal.

Trump said the agreement would be carried out in several specifically structured stages and that Israeli forces would withdraw as disarmament is completed. The agreement document said Israeli attacks in Gaza would end and troop withdrawals would occur gradually in line with the Hamas disarmament process.

The deal also referred to implementing a ceasefire agreement signed in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, last year, including unimpeded humanitarian aid access to Gaza and arrangements to evacuate people for medical treatment. Hamas said implementation depends on whether Israel fulfills its commitments. Board of Peace director Nikolai Mladenov, after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, said Israel would move beyond the Yellow Line only after disarmament covering light weapons, heavy weapons and tunnels is complete.

The United Nations condemned the killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip and called for protection of health-care facilities in the besieged territory. In remarks reported on August 4, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said the organization condemns all killings of civilians.

Haq said Gaza health authorities reported that more than 150 people were killed in Israeli attacks in July, the highest monthly death toll since the start of the year. He also expressed concern over an Israeli attack on Friday at a medical-supplies warehouse near Al-Aqsa Hospital, which was reported destroyed.

The UN official said health-care facilities should never be attacked or used for military purposes. He warned that stocks of insulin for people with diabetes, medicines needed by heart patients, and other medical supplies were running low. Alcohol-based disinfectants needed for hand hygiene and infection prevention were also nearly unavailable. Haq said many additional medical supplies required for infection prevention and control were awaiting Israeli approval to enter Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has differences with US President Donald Trump over parts of Trump’s Gaza plan, including a recent agreement with Hamas. Netanyahu made the comments after meeting Nikolai Mladenov, chief envoy of Trump’s Board of Peace, according to a report published on August 4, 2026.

Netanyahu said Hamas must be disarmed and the Gaza Strip demilitarized before reconstruction can begin. He said he was not concealing his disagreements with Trump over the recent Hamas agreement. Last week, Trump said the Board of Peace, formed at his initiative to stabilize the Gaza situation, had reached a “historic” understanding with Hamas.

The reported agreement provided for Hamas to surrender weapons and for Israeli troops to withdraw from war-ravaged Gaza. A document shown by Al Jazeera linked a phased Hamas disarmament process to the withdrawal of Israeli forces. After Israeli objections, however, the Board of Peace said Hamas must be completely disarmed before Israeli troops leave Gaza. Hamas weapons surrender and Israeli troop withdrawal are described as key conditions for implementing the US plan, with differences between Israeli and US positions now apparent.

The World Health Organization condemned Israeli attacks on health facilities in Gaza and called for protection of the territory’s health infrastructure. In a statement on X cited in a report published August 4, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said an Israeli strike on August 1 hit a medical-supplies warehouse near Al-Aqsa Hospital. Emergency medical equipment, including some WHO-provided supplies, was destroyed, and the hospital itself was damaged.

Tedros said health facilities should never be attacked and must not be militarized under any circumstances. International organizations have repeatedly voiced concern over attacks during the ongoing Gaza conflict involving hospitals, ambulances, medical centers and warehouses holding medical supplies.

WHO said it has documented about 1,000 attacks on Gaza’s health sector since October 2023. More than 1,000 people have been killed and about 1,700 injured in those attacks, according to the organization. WHO also cited figures saying Israeli attacks in Gaza over the same period had killed more than 73,000 Palestinians and injured at least 174,000 others. The organization reiterated calls to protect these facilities so health services can continue.

The United States is seeking an agreement under a proposed plan to end the war in which Israeli troops would withdraw from Gaza if Hamas surrenders its weapons. The Al Jazeera report was published on August 4, 2026. The central obstacle is the sequence of the two steps: Hamas disarmament and an Israeli military withdrawal from Gaza.

Hamas says it is prepared to discuss disarmament, but insists Israeli forces must leave Gaza first. It says discussions on the weapons-surrender process could then follow. Israeli officials take the opposite position, saying Hamas must be fully disarmed before Israeli troops leave. They say disarmament means giving up weapons, and that anything less is unacceptable.

US President Donald Trump’s proposed plan calls for an international stabilization force to assume responsibility for Gaza’s security after Israeli forces withdraw. The proposal could bring a major change to Gaza’s security arrangements by replacing Israeli forces with an international force. However, the plan’s key element remains stalled between the two positions, with the final agreement hinging on whether the steps occur in sequence or simultaneously.

Hamas has accused Israel of escalating attacks in the Gaza Strip to derail a ceasefire agreement. In a statement issued Sunday evening, the Palestinian group said the attacks were being deliberately intensified to obstruct understandings reached with the US administration and mediators for completing implementation of the ceasefire deal.

Hamas said Israel's “criminal and frenzied bombardment” in Gaza had completely wiped out many families. It called on mediators to pressure Israel to halt the attacks and to take immediate action. The report did not include a response from Israel to the allegations.

The statement came as Israeli forces continued bombing Gaza despite the announcement of Trump’s roadmap for implementing the second phase of a peace agreement. At least 19 Palestinians were reported killed in the bombardment. The roadmap is expected to include Hamas’s disarmament and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, according to the report.

Turkey condemned Israeli attacks in Gaza after local sources reported that at least 19 Palestinians, including three children, were killed in strikes on Sunday. In a statement published on August 3, 2026, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said the latest attacks showed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government had no interest in making peace with Palestinians. Several other people were reported injured.

The ministry said Netanyahu’s sole objective was to displace Palestinians from their own land and prevent peace and stability in the region. It also said he continued to take steps that harmed the Middle East’s fragile regional balance and disrupted ongoing mediation efforts led by the United States.

Turkey called on the international community to adopt a stronger, consistent and effective position against what it described as Netanyahu’s expansionist and military policies, while urging active action to protect humanitarian values. Nikolai Mladenov, chief envoy of the Board of Peace, said Israeli attacks across Gaza over the past two days had caused civilian deaths and extensive damage to emergency medical supplies.

Israeli air and artillery attacks across the Gaza Strip killed at least 12 Palestinians on Sunday, including two children and an unborn child, according to the report published on August 3, 2026. Several others were wounded in strikes reported in Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah, Gaza City and the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. The attacks came two days after US President Donald Trump and the Board of Peace announced implementation of the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire.

In Khan Younis, an airstrike on an apartment in al-Karara killed Mahmoud Zaki al-Hams, 38, his wife Fatima al-Hams, 37, and their young daughter, while three others were injured. Helicopter fire in Deir al-Balah killed Kamal Abu Muailiq, 68, and his wife Huda, 59; a separate strike on a motorcycle killed two more people.

In Gaza City, a strike on an apartment in al-Susi Tower killed Abdullah Abu Taif, 33, his wife Abeer Anan, 29, their five-year-old son Azzam and their unborn child. Palestinian officials say Israeli attacks during the ceasefire have killed 1,222 Palestinians and wounded 4,053.

Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said Israel currently controls about 70 percent of the Gaza Strip and should establish “full control” over the entire territory. He made the remarks on Sunday, according to the report.

Cohen also claimed that no agreement currently exists to stop attacks in Gaza. He opposed a possible US-mediated arrangement with Hamas, saying he was against the proposed deal. The report said the discussed proposal was expected to include the disarmament of Hamas.

Earlier, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir described the draft agreement as “unacceptable.” The successive positions taken by senior Israeli government figures have created renewed uncertainty over the future of diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the continuing conflict centered on Gaza.

Former Israeli ambassador Alon Pinkas said Israel remains dissatisfied with a proposed US-mediated agreement under which Hamas would disarm and dissolve. The report, published on August 2, said Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip intensified during the 48 hours after the agreement was announced. Pinkas said no effective arrangement had yet been established despite discussion of a deal.

The report said Israel formally objected to the peace process launched at the initiative of US President Donald Trump, which Pinkas viewed as reflecting Israeli dissatisfaction. He described the situation as a major political setback for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Pinkas also cited the failure of military operations against Iran to produce expected results as another negative factor for Netanyahu’s government.

Under the proposed agreement, Israel was expected to redeploy troops in the buffer zone, allow unobstructed humanitarian aid into Gaza, and halt military attacks after Hamas accepted certain conditions. Pinkas said these commitments had not been seen in practice after the announcement last Friday. He added that presenting Gaza’s situation positively to the public was important for Netanyahu ahead of national elections scheduled for October.

Ashjan Abdel Aal and her husband Rafaat have spent more than a year searching for their sons, Othman and Sami, who disappeared after leaving their displaced family’s home in Gaza City on June 29, 2025. Othman, now 17, and Sami, 13, said they were heading to an aid distribution point near the so-called Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza and may have intended to visit their former home in Shujayea. They never returned.

Rafaat searched hospitals, displacement shelters and relatives without finding them. Reports of unidentified bodies near the family home and at al-Ahli Arab Hospital could not be confirmed as the boys. In May, the family was told by an alleged lawyer that the brothers were alive in Israeli detention at Ofer and Naqab prisons, but the claim was never officially verified and the lawyer could not be reached.

Gaza’s Government Media Office estimates about 11,200 people remain missing across the territory. The ICRC says it has thousands of open tracing requests but has had no access to Israeli detention sites since October 2023, limiting its ability to confirm detentions. The family says it wants one certain answer about the boys’ fate.

The family of former Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh says more than 75 of its close members have been killed in the ongoing Gaza war with Israel. In an interview with Turkey’s Anadolu Agency marking the second anniversary of Haniyeh’s killing, his son Abdul Salam Haniyeh said nearly 250 members of their wider Al-Hajj clan had also died in the war.

Abdul Salam said a large portion of relatives shown in a family photograph hanging on the wall had been killed in Israeli attacks. On April 10, 2024, the day of Eid al-Fitr, an Israeli airstrike killed Haniyeh’s three sons, Hazem, Amir and Mohammad, along with their children. He described his father as a teacher, adviser, political leader and affectionate friend who urged his family to remain close to and serve ordinary people.

The report says Haniyeh was killed in Tehran on July 31, 2024, while attending the inauguration of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian. Abdul Salam praised Turkish political and humanitarian support for Palestinians and voiced hope in mediation by Egypt, Qatar and Turkey. Gaza’s Health Ministry put the war toll since October 2023 at 73,349 killed and 174,162 wounded.

A special race was organized in the besieged Gaza Strip to draw global attention to children who have lost parents during the ongoing war. Published on August 2, 2026, the report said hundreds of Palestinian children took part in the symbolic marathon. The event was initiated by the human rights and relief organization International Networking for Humanitarian.

The organization said many children are becoming orphaned every day after losing parents or guardians in the war. It said the main purpose of the event was to bring the suffering and wider hardship of children facing extreme uncertainty and a humanitarian crisis to the world stage. Organizers presented the race as a symbolic effort to highlight the situation of Gaza’s children.

During the marathon, children and organizers called on local and international communities to play a stronger role in protecting orphaned children in besieged Gaza. They also appealed for urgent humanitarian assistance for them. The report did not provide further details about the race’s exact location, duration, or the type of aid sought.

The Israeli military said it killed two Hamas commanders in airstrikes at separate locations in the Gaza Strip. According to an Al Jazeera report published on August 2, 2026, Salam Jamal Abd al-Rahman Abu Labad was killed in an airstrike carried out in southern Gaza on Saturday.

Israeli forces said Abu Labad was responsible for a cell in Hamas’s Nukhba special forces. The military alleged that he directly took part in an attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel in October 2023.

In an earlier, separate airstrike in central Gaza on Friday, Israeli forces said they killed Muhammad Abd al-Nasser Muhammad Khatib, described as the commander of Hamas’s Maghazi Battalion. The report did not include a Hamas response to the Israeli military’s claims or additional information about the strikes.