The Israel Defense Forces has confirmed that three Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered from Gaza in December were “most likely” killed as a result of an Israeli airstrike.

An Israeli strike on Lebanon killed three people Tuesday, the health ministry said, with Israel saying they were Hezbollah members, as tensions intensified after Israel expanded war aims to include its northern border.

An inquiry into the deaths of three Israeli hostages determined that they probably died as a result of a military airstrike targeting a Hamas commander.

Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike hit a crowded tent camp in Gaza, killing at least 19 people and wounding 60. Israel says it targeted senior Hamas militants.

An Israeli strike on the sandy tent camp of Al-Mawasi has killed at least 40 Palestinians, according to local officials, in what Israel has said was an operation targeting Hamas fighters. Follow here for the latest.

The Israeli military said Tuesday that it killed three members of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement in southern Lebanon, amid fears of further escalation in the border area between the two countries.

While resuming its offensive against militants in the West Bank, Israel also kept up its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, striking a school building used as a shelter for displaced people.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says six of its employees have been killed in an Israeli air strike on one of the schools it runs in central Gaza. Unrwa said it was "the highest death toll among our staff in a single incident" since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in October.

The Israeli military said Tuesday it has killed three members of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement in southern Lebanon, amid fears of further escalation in the border area between the two countries.