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Families of Israeli captives held in Gaza will hold a protest later in the day to call on the government to accept a deal with Hamas to return their loved ones.

The demonstrations, which have happened on a regular basis since the war on Gaza began, have previously seen protesters block highways, set tyres on fire and call for Netanyahu to step down.

As Israel and Hamas continue negotiations to come to an agreement on the points of a ceasefire deal, pressure has increased on the Israeli prime minister to accept a deal that will return captives to their families.

This month, protesters with megaphones and banners demonstrated outside the houses of a number of ministers and coalition lawmakers.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid has called on Israelis to take to the streets this evening to call for the release of captives held in Gaza.

“You are welcome to join me and thousands of patriotic Israelis. We will not give up the kidnapped. We will not give up the country. We will not lose hope,” Lapid wrote on X.

On Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israel and Hamas were inside the “10-yard line” and close to agreeing on a ceasefire that could see the return of captives and a cessation of hostilities.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has also welcomed the advisory opinion issued by the World Court that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful, calling it a “vindication of the legitimate struggle of the brave Palestinian people”.

“I urge the international community & UN to implement the ruling, ensuring Palestinian self-determination through a two-state solution in line with relevant UN resolutions,” Sharif wrote on X.

“Proud that Pakistan contributed to the case, demonstrating our unwavering commitment to the Palestinian cause.”

Over the past day, we’ve published several pieces covering various aspects of the war.

Here are a few highlights:

• Reaction: Palestinians urge world to end Israel’s illegal occupation after ICJ ruling
• Explainer: How Israeli settlements are taking over occupied West Bank as Gaza war rages
• Personal account: In July came the evacuation orders. We had one option – a bombed Gaza flat
• Video: ‘Big blow to the Israeli side’: Palestinian officials embrace ICJ findings

And there’s plenty more here.

Hundreds of mourners have marched in a funeral procession for a 20-year-old Palestinian who was killed by Israeli forces in Beit Ummar near Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

Ibrahim Zaqeq was fatally shot in the head during a raid on the town that led to confrontations. The Israeli army opened live fire on Palestinians and also used stun grenades and tear gas, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said.

Zaqeq had been in an Israel prison and was released about a month ago, according to his sister, Adala.

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We have reported earlier that at least three bodies had been retrieved from a residential building in the Nuseirat refugee camp after a new Israeli air attack.

Freelance photographer Omar Ashtawy later shared a video on Instagram, showing the moment Israeli forces bombed the residential tower.

The video has been verified by Sanad, Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency.

Qatar has welcomed the ICJ’s advisory opinion on the unlawful Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, saying that Israel is “under obligation to end its illegal presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and East Jerusalem”.

The Qatari Foreign Ministry stated that the ICJ’s opinion “includes the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, as the court considered that they constitute one territorial unit, whose unity, continuity, integrity, and respect must be preserved”.

“The Ministry reiterates the State of Qatar’s support for the position of the court and its call to all states and international organizations not to recognize or support illegal Israeli practices,” it added.

“It also stresses the need to work together to end the Israeli apartheid occupation, recognise the State of Palestine within the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and to fully achieve the right of return of Palestinian refugees.”

Gaza’s Interior Ministry has told residents in northern Gaza the following:

• Israeli forces have used psychological pressure on citizens by broadcasting hundreds of thousands of voice messages via phones, asking them to evacuate their homes and head to the south of the Gaza Strip.
• The (Israeli) occupation is trying to deceive citizens by broadcasting pictures and scenes of displaced people passing through checkpoints, using an illusion that there is no inspection.
• We warn citizens against the lies and deceit of the occupation. We salute the citizens’ steadfastness in their homes.
• The occupation practises the most horrific forms of torture and abuse against the displaced, away from the cameras, executing dozens of them and leaving the injured to bleed to death.
• There are no safe areas in the Gaza Strip, and the occupation is killing citizens, even in the tents of the displaced.
• We call on the international community to intervene urgently and put pressure on the occupation in order to stop the displacement policy it has been practising since the beginning of the war.

At least three bodies and eight injured people have been retrieved from a building targeted in a new Israeli air attack on central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence.

The rescue service said on Telegram that its crews recovered the victims from two apartments in the Nemat Allah building.

[Caption translation – Gaza civil defence: We recovered three martyrs and eight injuries from two inhabited apartments bombed by the occupation in the Niamat Allah Building in the Nuseirat Camp in the central Gaza Strip.]