Israeli Army intelligence chief resigns over Hamas attack

MAJOR-General Aharon Haliva, head of Israel’s military intelligence, resigns citing the failure to stop Hamas’s deadly surprise attack, becoming the first senior official to take the blame and step down.

The civil defence agency says it has recovered 283 bodies so far from mass graves discovered after Israeli forces withdrew from the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

Israeli attacks continue across Gaza with seven killed in the Nuseirat refugee camp after a day of bombings that killed 24 people in southern Rafah city – including 16 children and six women.

At least 34,151 Palestinians have been killed and 77,084 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139, with dozens still held captive in Gaza.