The IDF and IAF conducted a precise strike on Hamas terrorists located in Gaza City, Israel's military said on Wednesday evening. It added that the terrorists it struck exploited the area they were in to execute an "explosive drone attack against IDF troops in an imminent time frame.

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes overnight and early Sunday killed at least 28 Palestinians, including at one family's home and at a school building the military said was used by Hamas.

Some say that the community is in danger of losing its 1,600-year foothold in the enclave and that it is far from certain those who have fled will ever feel safe enough to return home.

Faith leaders and residents in Bethlehem are grappling with how to mark the festive holiday while fellow Palestinians continue to be killed.