Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Evening recap

11 May 2024 00:02 BST

Hello MEE readers. On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to pass a resolution that would expand the membership rights of Palestine.

The passage of the resolution puts Palestine on a path towards full membership in the UN, a major step up from its current status as an observer state without voting rights.

The resolution passed with 143 votes in favour, nine abstentions, and 25 votes against. The US and Israel voted against the resolution.

Late on Friday and after a delay of several days, the US State Department released its highly anticipated report on whether Israel was using American weapons in violation of international law in Gaza.

The report found that there were reasonable grounds to believe that Israel did use American-supplied weapons in violation of international law. However, given the lack of evidence and the lack of a US government presence on the ground in Gaza, the report couldn't make any definitive conclusions.

In other news:

  • The United Arab Emirates denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comments about "inviting the state to participate in civil administration of Gaza". The UAE said Netanyahu had no authority to make such a call.

  • Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike that took place on Gaza City in the northern region of the enclave.

  • Libya filed a declaration of intervention in South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide at the International Court of Justice.

  • South Africa submitted a request to the ICJ, asking it to order additional emergency measures against Israel, including an order for it to withdraw from Rafah.

  • Israel's military announced that four of its soldiers have been killed during fighting in Gaza. All were killed during a battle that took place in northern Gaza.

  • The latest death toll in Gaza from the Palestinian health ministry is at least 34,943 Palestinians.