Israel-Gaza live updates: 6 UN workers killed in strike on Gaza school

As the Israel-Hamas war continues, the latest round of cease-fire discussions appears to have reached an impasse.

Meanwhile, after six hostages were found dead in Gaza, protests erupted in Israel. Protesters have lashed out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and demanded the government bring the hostages home.

Latest Developments

_{Sep 11, 6:18 PM}

Slain American-Turkish activist's family responds to Biden

Aysenur Eygi's family responded to President Joe Biden's statement released earlier Wednesday where he called her death "totally unacceptable."

The family said that Biden has not called them.

"Let us be clear, an American citizen was killed by a foreign military in a targeted attack. The appropriate action is for President Biden and Vice President [Kamala] Harris to speak with the family directly, and order an independent, transparent investigation into the killing of Ayşenur, a volunteer for peace," the family said in a statement.

-ABC News' Elle Kaufman

_{Sep 11, 5:03 PM}

17 dead in IDF strike on school in Gaza

Search and rescue operations are ongoing after an Israel Defense Forces strike on a school in Gaza killed at least 17 people and wounded over 18 others, according to Gaza Civil Defense.

This is the fifth time the IDF has bombed this school. It was previously struck by the IDF on July 6.

Six of the people killed in the strike worked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, according to the agency. Among those killed was the manager of the UNRWA shelter and other team members providing assistance to displaced people.

About 12,000 displaced people live in the school, mainly women an children, according to the UNRWA.

The IDF, confirming the strike, claimed that the school had been used by Hamas terrorists to plan and execute attacks against Israel.

_{Sep 11, 4:50 PM}

Israeli helicopter crashes in Gaza killing 2

An Israeli air force helicopter crashed in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip, killing two soldiers overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The helicopter was "on a mission to evacuate an injured solider to a hospital for medical treatment," the IDF said. An initial inquiry "indicates the crash was not caused by enemy fire," but the cause of the crash is still "under investigation," the IDF said.

Seven additional soldiers were injured "to varying degrees" and were evacuated to a hospital for treatment, the IDF said.

The families of the killed and injured soldiers have been notified, the IDF said.

- ABC News' Jordana Miller

_{Sep 11, 4:50 PM}

Egyptian, Qatari officials meet with top Hamas official in Doha

Egyptian and Qatari officials met with a top Hamas official in Doha on Wednesday, hoping to potentially restart cease-fire negotiations after they fell apart again.

Hamas is repeating its demand that the deal proposed in early July be put back on the table, according to a statement confirming the meeting. Hamas also reiterated its demand for a total withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.

_{Sep 11, 11:14 AM}

Over 80% of targeted Gazan children receive polio vaccines

As of Tuesday evening, 82.5% of children in the Gaza Strip under the age of 10 have received their first dose of the polio vaccine as part of the ongoing emergency polio vaccination campaign.

The third round of vaccinations continues "despite the ongoing occupation aggression on the Strip, despite the great danger to their movement and travel between vaccination centers, and this is the case of our people in the Strip who are keen to vaccinate children against the disease," the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement Wednesday.

_{Sep 11, 7:10 AM}

Biden 'outraged' by Israel's killing of American activist

President Joe Biden said he is "outraged and deeply saddened" by the killing of American citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the West Bank by Israeli forces.

"The shooting that led to her death is totally unacceptable," the president said in a statement published Wednesday morning.

The Israel Defense Forces published its initial report into the killing on Tuesday, finding it "highly likely" that the dual American-Turkish activist "was hit indirectly and unintentionally by IDF fire which was not aimed at her."

Biden said the U.S. government has "full access" to the preliminary investigation "and expects continued access as the investigation continues, so that we can have confidence in the result."

"There must be full accountability," the president said. "And Israel must do more to ensure that incidents like this never happen again."

Eygi, 26, was with the International Solidarity Movement in the West Bank, working to protect local Palestinian farmers from attacks by Israeli settlers.

Biden said Wednesday that the violence in the West Bank "has been going on for too long."

"Violent extremist Israeli settlers are uprooting Palestinians from their homes," he continued. "Palestinian terrorists are sending car bombs to kill civilians."

"I will continue to support policies that hold all extremists -- Israelis and Palestinians alike -- accountable for stoking violence and serving as obstacles to peace."

-ABC News' Jordana Miller and David Brennan

_{Sep 11, 4:23 AM}

Two Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza helicopter crash

Two Israeli soldiers were killed and seven injured were injured in a helicopter crash in southern Gaza on Tuesday night, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The helicopter "was on a mission to evacuate an injured soldier to a hospital for medical treatment," but "crashed while landing in the Rafah area" in the south of the territory, the IDF wrote on X.

"An initial inquiry conducted indicates that the crash was not caused by enemy fire," the force said. "The cause of the crash is still under investigation."

Seven other troops were "injured to varying degrees, the IDF said. They have been hospitalized for treatment.

Israeli Air Force commander, Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, appointed an investigative committee to probe the incident, the IDF added.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

_{Sep 11, 4:02 AM}

Israel hits dozens of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

Israeli warplanes "struck approximately 30 Hezbollah launchers and terror infrastructure sites which posed a threat to Israeli civilians" in southern Lebanon overnight, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Wednesday.

The strikes occurred in the areas of Jibbain, Naqoura, Deir Seryan and Zibqin, the IDF said. Israeli artillery also hit the area of Al-Dahira.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

_{Sep 11, 3:45 AM}

Suspect killed after West Bank 'ramming attack,' IDF says

One person was critically injured in an alleged ramming attack near an Israeli settlement in the West Bank on Wednesday.

The Israel Defense Forces said that the "terrorist" attacker "was neutralized at the scene." The incident occurred at the Givat Asaf junction, close to the Israeli settlement of Beit El.

Magen David Adom -- Israel's emergency service -- said its responders were "treating a male about 20 years old in critical condition."

The MDA said on social media that the victim was hit by a "fuel tanker."

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

_{Sep 10, 6:42 PM}

Death toll in Gaza surpasses 41,000: Gaza Ministry of Health

The death toll in Gaza has passed 41,000 as of Tuesday, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health.

The ministry reported that 41,020 people have died and 94,925 have been injured since Israel launched its war against Hamas in Gaza on Oct. 8, 2023, following the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks.

That figure does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

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