Key points
- Four hostages rescued by Israeli forces - what you need to know
- Number of Palestinians killed during operation 'rises to 274'
- Paramedic describes 'horror movie' scenes after strikes
- Some hostages killed during rescue mission - Hamas
- 'Shame on you' - Israeli minister hits back at EU official
- Who are the rescued hostages?
- Analysis:Hostages rescue will be cathartic for Israelis - but Netanyahu is under pressure and infuriating the US
- Live reporting byJosephine Franksand Dylan Donnelly
At least 37,084 killed since October, Gaza health ministry says
The Hamas-run health ministry has also just given an update on the number of Palestinians killed since 7 October.
At least 37,084 Palestinians have been killed and 84,494 wounded since the start of the war with Israel, it says.
The ministry adds Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed 283 people and injured 814 in the past 24 hours - which includes yesterday's Israeli raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp.
For context: While some Israeli officials have sought to cast doubt on fatality figures from Gaza, a number of independent groups say they have proved to be largely reliable and broadly in line with those later produced by the UN and Israel itself.
Examination of data from previous Gaza conflicts - when the Hamas-run health ministry's counts were compared with the post-war United Nations analysis - shows that the initial data is largely accurate with, at most, a 10-12% discrepancy.
Gaza health ministry says 274 killed in Israeli raid on refugee camp
The Hamas-run health ministry has just given an update on the number of Palestinians killed in yesterday's Israeli raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp.
It says 274 Palestinians were killed - up from 210 deaths reported earlier.
The health ministry said 698 people were injured.
Israel carried out a series of strikes yesterday in a bid to rescue hostages being held by Hamas.
Four Israeli hostages were rescued during the operation.
Israel previously said there were "under 100" Palestinian casualties during raids on the refugee camp, where it said the four freed hostages were being held in two locations.
Three killed in airstrike on refugee camp
An Israeli airstrike has reportedly hit a house in the urban Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza today.
Three people were killed in the strike, with the dead brought to the Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital in the nearby town of Deir al Balah, hospital authorities said.
An Associated Press journalist at the facility counted the bodies.
How much was the US involved in hostage rescue mission?
The operation to rescue four Israeli hostages from central Gaza was a "high risk, complex mission", according to the IDF - and it happened with help from the US, a Biden administration source says.
A US hostage cell provided advice and support throughout the process of locating and rescuing the hostages, a Biden administration official told the Associated Press. They were not authorised to comment and requested anonymity.
The hostage cells are multi-agency teams.
Pushing back against social media claims, the US Central Command said in a tweet that neither the American-built pier in Gaza that brings in aid for Palestinians by sea nor any of its equipment, personnel or other assets were used in the Israeli operation.
It said Israel used an area south of the pier "to safely return hostages".
Scenes of 'utterly helpless chaos' at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital
Children lying on foil blankets crowd the floor of Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital as doctors deal with an influx of patients.
The hospital is just over two miles from where four Israeli hostages were held in the central Gaza refugee camp of Nuseirat, which was hit by multiple strikes as Israel carried out its rescue mission yesterday.
The Hamas-led government says 210 people were killed in the raids, a figure repeated by hospital spokesman Dr Khalil Al-Dakran.
Israel has acknowledged "under 100" Palestinian casualties.
Watch our report from Sky News US correspondent Mark Stone below - please be warned, this video contains images of injured children in hospital and dead people in the street.
Aid delivered to Gaza from newly repaired humanitarian pier
An American-built pier has been repaired and a badly needed shipment of food delivered to Gaza, according to a US official.
The effort to deliver aid by sea has been plagued with problems.
The pier built by the US military was only operational for about a week before it was blown apart in high winds and heavy seas on 25 May.
The damaged section was reconnected to the beach in Gaza on Friday after undergoing repairs at an Israeli port.
Crews delivered almost 500 tonnes of humanitarian aid via the pier yesterday, a US official told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The damage to the pier was the latest stumbling block, after earlier efforts were disrupted as desperate crowds overran a convoy of trucks, stripping much of their cargo before they reached a UN warehouse.
'Horror movie' scenes as Hamas says 210 killed in Israeli hostage rescue mission
More than 400 people were wounded and 210 killed during Israel's hostage rescue mission, according to senior Hamas officials.
Israel has acknowleged "under 100" Palestinian casualties during raids on the Nuseirat refugee camp, where it says the four freed hostages were being held in two locations.
Gazan paramedics and residents said the assault killed scores of people and left the mangled bodies of men, women and children around a marketplace and a mosque.
"It was like a horror movie but this was a real massacre," said Ziad, 45, a paramedic and resident of Nuseirat, who gave only his first name.
"Israeli drones and warplanes fired all night randomly at people's houses and at people who tried to flee the area."
"To free four people, Israel killed dozens of innocent civilians," he added.
Nuseirat is 'epicentre' of Gaza's trauma, UN relief chief says
The war is Gaza grows more horrific by the day, UN relief chief Martin Griffiths says.
"Nuseirat refugee camp is the epicentre of the seismic trauma that civilians in Gazacontinue to suffer," he wrote on X.
He called for the release of the remaining hostages and the protection of all civilians, after reports 210 Palestinians were killed in al Nuseirat yesterday.
"Seeing shrouded bodies on the ground, we are reminded that nowhere is safe in Gaza."
In pictures: Aftermath of Israeli strikes on Nuseirat refugee camp
Al Nuseirat, a historic Palestinian refugee camp, was hit by multiple strikes yesterday as Israeli forces launched a hostage rescue mission.
At least 210 Palestinians were killed in the operation to rescue four people, the Hamas-led government has said.
Israel said there were less than 100 casualties.
Photos from central Gaza show the level of destruction.
US denies humanitarian pier used in hostage rescue operation
A pier built by the US for delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza was not used in Israel's operation to rescue four hostages yesterday, the US says.
An area south of the pier was used by the Israelis to safely return the hostages to Israel, the US Central Command said.
But it insisted the pier facility "including its equipment, personnel, and assets" were not used.
"Any such claim to the contrary is false," a statement on X said.
"The temporary pier on the coast of Gaza was put in place for one purpose only, to help move additional, urgently needed life-saving assistance into Gaza."
