Israel said it launched an airstrike on a Hamas militant in southern Gaza late Wednesday in retaliation for an attack earlier in the day that wounded five Israeli soldiers.

Israel launched a military strike after it said Hamas militants attacked its soldiers, the latest clashes in the two months since a truce was signed.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Israel received a body that Hamas said was one of the last two deceased hostages in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, as Israel said it would allow Gaza's gateway to Egypt to open once all hostages were returned.

The Israeli military said a member of Hamas was the intended target in an attack that Palestinian sources said killed five people, including two children, in Al-Mawasi, Gaza, on 3.The IDF said the strike was “in response to Hamas’ blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement earlier today,

Israel’s military has carried out strikes in both Gaza and Lebanon this week, leaving several people dead despite their ceasefires with Hamas and Hezbollah. Israeli forces launched a series of strikes in Gaza on Wednesday,

Abu Shabab's death would be a boost to Hamas, which branded him a collaborator and ordered its fighters to kill or capture him.

Israel has returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians, following Hamas' return of the remains of an Israeli hostage. This exchange is part of the first phase of

CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A senior Hamas delegation met Egypt's intelligence chief in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the ceasefire agreement and the situation in Gaza, the group said, as both Israel and the Palestinian militant group continue to trade accusations of truce violations.

Israeli and Thai officials say remains that militants in Gaza handed to Israel were those of a Thai agricultural worker killed during the attack that started the war two years ago