These are the Thursday’s key updates on Israel, Gaza and the West Bank:<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Palestinian militia leader<\/strong> Yasser <\/strong>Abu Shabab<\/strong> died of his wounds<\/strong><\/a> in clashes, a security source said. The Israel-backed <\/a>group challenged Hamas’ control of Gaza. <\/p>\n \u25a0 Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian who crossed Gaza’s Yellow Line<\/strong>, the IDF said.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Israel killed Hamas’ East Rafah battalion commander,<\/strong> the IDF said.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Israel has identified the body returned from Gaza on Wednesday as that of Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak.<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>One deceased hostage, Ran Gvili, remains in Gaza.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his<\/a> military adviser, Roman Gofman, would be the next head of the<\/strong> Mossad<\/strong> intelligence agency.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Seven Palestinians were wounded by settlers<\/strong> throwing rocks north of Hebron in the West Bank, according to local reports.<\/p>\n \u25a0 The IDF said it had targeted Hezbollah weapons depots in southern Lebanon<\/strong>, after local news reported strikes across villages.<\/p>\n \u25a0 The Spanish, Irish and Dutch broadcasters pulled their inclusion in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest after a vote against Israeli participation failed to pass.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u25a0 The IDF said it will investigate failures over “Jericho Wall,”<\/strong> a Hamas October 7 blueprint that it obtained in 2022, amid tensions with the government.<\/a><\/p>\n