Israel kills Palestinian journalist Mahmoud Wadi in strike on Khan Younis

Earlier today, an Israeli airstrike killed Mahmoud Wadi, identified as a Palestinian freelance photojournalist by local health authorities at Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Another Palestinian journalist was wounded in the Israeli strike, Gaza authorities said.

Wadi’s Instagram profile describes him as the owner of Khan Younis-based drone photography company Alquds Studio.

While the scale of Israeli violence on Gaza has decreased since the Oct. 10 cease-fire, Israel continues to conduct airstrikes and demolitions, with 357 Palestinians killed in Gaza since then, according to local health authorities.

Meanwhile, some form of daily life has resumed for Gazans. For example, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education instructed medical, nursing and engineering students to attend their first university classes in the remaining intact classrooms of the Islamic University in Gaza on Nov. 29, 2025, despite the university being largely destroyed from heavy Israeli bombing throughout its two-year-long war on the Strip.

Also today, Hamas said it was handing over the remains of one of the last two hostage bodies still in Gaza, and Israel said it was preparing to receive "findings."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement that forensic testing would be done after a transfer via the Red Cross to Israeli forces in Gaza.

The two remaining deceased hostages are Israeli police officer Ran Gvili and Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak, both taken on Oct. 7, 2023.

The Red Cross has acted as an intermediary between militant groups in Gaza and Israel, helping facilitate the release of hostages and the handover of bodies, as well as receiving the bodies of Palestinians who died in Israeli detention.