These were the live updates on israel's war on gaza for wednesday november 5, 2025. Follow the latest news on the israel gaza war Get live updates, maps, verified video reports and expert analysis from bbc journalists on the ground. Israel has launched a major ground offensive in gaza city residents describe overnight attacks as hell as israeli warplanes carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes, our gaza correspondent reports Israel’s ground incursion escalates its war in defiance of international condemnation and backlash from the families of hostages still held by hamas Israel on saturday returned the bodies of 15 palestinians to gaza, hospital officials in the strip said, a day after militants returned the remains of a hostage to israel under the terms of the.
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