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Here are Saturday's key updates on Israel, Gaza and the West Bank: ■ Tens of thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday night to demand the return of the five remaining deceased hostages and oppose the government in locations across Israel. ■ Israeli fire killed one Palestinian and wounded a further six people over the past 72 hours, Gaza health officials reported, as the Health Ministry's overall death toll has passed 69,000 Palestinians killed. ■ A source with Hamas' military wing said forces had located in Rafah the body of Hadar Goldin, who was killed and taken captive in Gaza in 2014. ■ The IDF confirmed several strikes in southern Lebanon, targeting operatives taking part in Hezbollah's military rehabilitation. ■ The IDF said it had targeted three people in the Gaza Strip who crossed the "yellow line" into IDF-controlled territory, killing two. ■ Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza, medical sources in the Gaza Strip said. ■ The body handed over by Islamic Jihad to Israel on Friday night was identified as Lior Rudaeff, who was killed in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on the Gaza border on October 7, 2023, and his body was held in the Gaza Strip for over two years. ■ Far-right protesters gathered outside the home of the former IDF top legal chief, Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who is under house arrest, calling for her immediate imprisonment. ■ The U.S. State Department lifted sanctions against Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, just days ahead of his visit to the White House. ■ The United States will oversee the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip instead of Israel from the U.S. military's coordination center in southern Israel, sources said.
