Morning recap

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates from Israel's war on Gaza, now in its 753rd day:

• Israeli forces have bombed multiple areas across Gaza, killing at least 60 Palestinians, shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered what he called “powerful strikes” on the besieged enclave.

• The escalation followed a gun battle in southern Rafah, where an Israeli soldier was reported wounded.

• Hamas’s Qassam Brigades accused Israel of breaching the pause in fighting and announced it was delaying the planned transfer of a captive’s body.

• The group said its fighters had also recovered the bodies of two other Israeli captives, Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch, during Tuesday's search operations.

• Suhail al-Hindi, a senior Hamas political official, told Al Jazeera the group remains committed to the truce and that Israel holds “full responsibility for any delay in recovering the remaining bodies” of captives.

• US Vice President JD Vance said Washington still considers the ceasefire to be in effect, despite the latest strikes and mutual accusations of violations.