The Hamas-controlled civil defense authority in Gaza says five Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern town of Khan Younis.
Israel says the strike targeted a Hamas militant in retaliation for an earlier attack on its soldiers, in which five were injured.
The ongoing violence is testing a ceasefire in effect in the Palestinian territory since October 10.
Meanwhile, the remains of a hostage Israel received from Hamas on Wednesday have been identified as those of Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak, the army says.
This is a roundup of news from Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Israel, Syria, Iran and other parts of the Middle East on Thursday, December 4.