The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Gaza the previous day, in which he vowed to keep up Israel's offensive on the enclave.

"The provocative incursion by Benjamin Netanyahu into northern Gaza, along with his accompanying statements, is intended to prolong and intensify the crimes of genocide and forced displacement" in the Palestinian territory, the ministry said in a statement.

Germany warned Israel against a permanent occupation of Gaza after Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said his troops will indefinitely remain in so-called security zones in the enclave.

"The German government clearly rejects a permanent occupation of Gaza and a permanent expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza. Gaza belongs to the Palestinians," Christian Wagner, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry said at a press briefing in Berlin.

"It remains a clear goal of German foreign policy to contribute to a negotiated two-state solution in the Middle East because that is the only way that Palestinians and Israelis can live side by side in their two states on a permanent basis," he added.

The German government said it was evacuating around 24 of its nationals from war-battered Gaza.

"There is currently an operation underway in close cooperation with the Israeli authorities to allow people to leave," foreign ministry spokesman Christian Wagner told journalists at a regular press conference.

He said "roughly two dozen" Germans were leaving the territory. He added that there remained "a small, single-digit number" of other Germans whom the authorities were aware of in Gaza and who wish to leave.

Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for preventing the entry of "a gram of food or aid" into blockaded Gaza as Tel Aviv continued its brutal onslaught on the enclave.

"It's a shame we don't learn from our mistakes. As long as our hostages are dying in the tunnels, there is no reason for a gram of food or aid to enter Gaza," Ben-Gvir wrote on X.

He claimed that allowing aid into Gaza would harm Israel's ability "to defeat Hamas and return our hostages safely".

At least 25 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza in the last 24 hours, pushing up the death toll from Israel's war since October 2023 to 51,025, the Health Ministry said.

A ministry statement said that 89 more injured people were also transferred to hospitals, bringing the number of injuries to 116,432 in the Israeli onslaught.

"Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them," it added.

Hundreds of illegal Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, marking the fourth day of the Jewish holiday of Passover, a Palestinian official said.

The official with the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said that at least 683 illegal settlers entered the flashpoint site under the protection of Israeli police since morning.

Witnesses said the settlers entered through the Al-Mugharbah Gate area, west of the holy mosque.

Israeli air strikes killed at least 13 in Gaza including Fatema Hassouna as aid efforts suffer due to insecurity and supply shortages.

Ten Palestinian detainees were admitted to a hospital in southern Gaza after being released from Israeli prisons, local sources have said.

The 10 detainees were set free at the Kerem Shalom (Karam Abu Salem) crossing in southern Gaza and appeared in poor health, the sources said.

The freed Palestinians, who were detained by the Israeli army during the war in Gaza, were immediately taken to the European Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis for medical checkups, the sources added.

On Monday, the Israeli army released 10 Palestinian detainees from Gaza, who also appeared in poor health.

Hundreds of illegal Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, marking the fourth day of the Jewish holiday of Passover, a Palestinian official has said.

The official with the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said that at least 683 illegal settlers entered the flashpoint site under the protection of Israeli police since morning.

Witnesses said the settlers entered through the Al-Mugharbah Gate area, west of the holy mosque.

One person has been killed and another wounded in a fresh Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement, Lebanese media have said.

The strike targeted a vehicle in the Wadi al-Hujeir area of the Marjaayoun district, the state news agency NNA reported.

No further details were provided about the occupant of the vehicle.

But the Israeli army claimed that the attack targeted a commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Unit, without identifying him.

There was no immediate confirmation from the Lebanese authorities.