The death toll in Gaza has surpassed 44,800 people, more than half of whom are women and children, since the war started, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

The six hostages, whose bodies were found in Gaza over the summer, were probably shot in February by their captors as an Israeli strike hit close to the tunnel where they were held, the military said.

World Central Kitchen charity workers were among five people killed in an Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip. The family of one of those killed has rejected allegations he took part in last year’s attack on Israel.