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In a statement on X, the Israeli army said on Saturday that the area north of Wadi Gaza, which includes decimated Gaza City, is “still considered a dangerous combat zone” and called on residents there to move south via Rashid Street, the coastal route. It added that Israeli forces continue to surround Gaza City and “attempts to return there pose a significant risk”.

Southern Gaza is packed with hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians living in overcrowded enclaves, hoping to be able to return to the north.

“We were waiting for this good news. We were waiting for Hamas to accept and for our lives to become as nice as it was before, or even better”, a displaced Palestinian speaking from Nuseirat in central Gaza told Al Jazeera. “We hope for more good news to come, we hope to return to Gaza City”, he said, without sharing his name.

The continuous bombardment of Gaza City has razed the territory’s largest urban centre, killing dozens of people daily, destroying numerous residential buildings and schools, and forcing tens of thousands of Palestinians to flee to an unknown fate to the south, often while being attacked en route.

Since mid-August, when Israeli troops launched a new punishing assault on Gaza City, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) recorded more than 400, 000 movements from northern to southern Gaza, mainly to Deir el-Balah and Khan Younis.

This exodus of forced relocation intensified as the Israeli army started flattening dozens of high-rise buildings in early September, followed by a mass displacement order to the whole of Gaza City on September 9.

The Israeli army warning comes after Hamas said late on Friday that it had agreed to certain provisions of the White House’s 20-point plan, including the release of all captives. Other elements would need further negotiations, the Palestinian group said. Its response was welcomed by Trump and world leaders, despite major sticking points remaining – such as the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the enclave and Hamas’s disarmament.

In a statement in the early hours of Saturday, the Israeli army said the chief of staff had ordered to “advance readiness” for implementing the first phase of Trump’s plan for the release of all captives. While it was not clear what that meant in terms of military actions, Israeli media reported that Israeli troops had shifted to solely defensive operations.

According to the Indian cricket board, Rohit Sharma will succeed Shubman Gill as their one-day international (ODI) men’s captain.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) released a statement on Saturday, stating that Rohit was India’s all-format captain up until June 2024. Along with Virat Kohli, Rohit is one of the country’s 15-man squad for the ODI series against Australia.

Gill will succeed Rohit in becoming the Test captain as soon as the ODI series in Australia takes place on October 19th, the format taking over.

When his team won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 title against New Zealand in Dubai in the final, Rohit led India in the ODI format.

The 38-year-old also helped India win the second ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Barbados in 2024, and he and Kohli announced that they were retiring from the 20-over format.

Following the 2024-25 Test tour of Australia, the legends of Indian cricket have also hung up their boots in the longest game.

Kohli, who turns 37 in November, has also stopped playing in the Tests.

In July, Suryakumar Yadav led India’s triumphant T20 Asia Cup 2025 run, replacing Rohit with Suryakumar Yadav as the T20 international captain.

India’s T20I series included five matches against Australia, and there were no surprises in the lineup.

India’s Tour of Australia squad has been announced.

#TeamIndia named #TeamIndia as its #TeamIndia Captain for ODIs, according to Shubman Gill.

In the October-November photo of the #AUSvIND bilateral series, Australia will play three ODIs and five T20Is. twitter.com/l3I2LA1dBJ

At least five students were initially killed and about 100 were hurt when the Al-Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo collapsed on Monday, making the majority of the students teenagers.

The death toll from Friday’s discovery of nine bodies, according to BNPB chief Suharyanto, was 14.

According to broadcaster Kompas TV, “We are still looking for 49 people who are still missing as of right now,” said Suharyanto, who goes by one name.

As rescuers moved to remove the bodies believed to be buried beneath the rubble, Suharyanto claimed, more bodies were likely to be discovered.

He said, “We are focusing on a massive cleanup, with heavy equipment entering the collapsed areas, after the last victim was discovered last night.”

According to Suharyanto, the fact that the majority of the victims were under 18 and didn’t have government identification cards or fingerprint records made the identification process more difficult.

He claimed that some of the bodies had too much damage to be seen.

According to Abdul Muhari, head of the BNPB’s Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center, 104 of the 167 victims have been identified and are safe.

89 people have been discharged while 14 survivors are receiving hospital care. One has been moved to a different hospital, Muhari continued.

Residents claim that the neighborhood trembled as a result of the school collapse because it was so violent.

Initial indications of poor construction, according to experts, have been the subject of an investigation into the cause of the collapse.

Because vibrations in one location could have an impact on other locations, officials said, the rescue operation was complicated.

However, the missing people’s families agreed on Thursday to use heavy equipment after the 72-hour “golden period” to maximize their chances of survival ended.

Israel reportedly launched airstrikes and artillery shelling on Gaza City in response to Hamas’s partial acceptance of a ceasefire agreement, according to Gaza’s civil defense agency.

Despite President Trump’s request to stop the bombing, the Israeli army carried out dozens of air strikes and artillery shelling on Gaza City and other areas in the Strip, according to civil defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal, according to AFP.

According to Basal, who works for a rescue organization, 20 homes were destroyed in the overnight attacks.

A home in the city’s Tuffah neighborhood was struck by al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, which is also known as the Baptist Hospital, and it has reported four fatalities and several injuries.

Officials at Khan Younis’ Nasser Hospital confirmed that a drone struck a tent in a displacement camp, killing two children and injuring eight people.

A ceasefire, the release of captives within 72 hours, Hamas dearmament, and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza are included in the proposal for Gaza, which was unveiled by Trump this week and received the support of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.