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Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza

Evening Recap

Good evening Middle East Eye readers. 

Our live coverage will soon be closing for the day. Here are today's main developments:

- Gaza's death toll has reached 37,202

- Massive rocket barrages were fired from Lebanon toward Israel on Wednesday after the assassination of a senior Hezbollah commander by Israel last night

- The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza has once again issued a plea for fuel to operate generators in health centres across Gaza City

- An official account representing Israel on X shared a video on Tuesday claiming "there are no innocent civilians" in Gaza 

- Hamas has requested a written guarantee from the US for a permanent ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces

- Hamas said in a statement on Wednesday, that the US must pressure Israel to accept the ceasefire proposal 

- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said his country would be presenting "concrete ideas" for Gaza post-war within the coming weeks