Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
This is an entry from: Gaza live: Fresh Israeli order forces over 170,000 Palestinians to leave their homes

Evening recap

9 August 2024 23:59 BST

Our live coverage from Gaza will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) reports that an estimated 60,000 to 70,000 people have fled the southern Gaza city toward al-Mawasi since yesterday, following Israeli orders

  • The Government Media Office has announced that the number of journalists killed since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has risen to 168

  • The US is preparing to release $3.5bn in military aid to Israel, earmarked for the purchase of American weapons and military equipment, sources told CNN

  • Palestinian citizens of Israel were attacked and their car was set on fire after accidentally entering an illegal West Bank outpost, according to police reports

  • The International Federation of Medical Student Associations (IFMSA) has voted by a two-thirds majority to suspend its Israeli student association for two years, according to report by Ynet news, an Israeli media outlet

  • At least 12 Palestinians have been killed and others injured in Israeli strikes on Khan Younis, Wafa news agency is reporting

  • The United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) estimates that 63 percent of all structures in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed during Israel's war on the enclave

  • In its latest report, Human Rights Watch documented an incident on 21 December in which Israeli forces stormed a home in Gaza City, "throwing grenades inside and opening fire on a room where a civilian family was sheltering"

  • Lebanon's Economy Minister Amin Salam told Emirati outlet The National that the country's economy was in a "very dangerous spot" as it prepares for a potential wider war with Israel

  • Jordan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned on Friday Israel's decision to revoke the diplomatic status of Norwegian envoys serving in the occupied Palestinian territories

  • David Lammy released a statement supporting the mediators' efforts to renew talks next week aimed at securing a ceasefire agreement for the war on Gaza

  • The Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) has called for the resignation of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, accusing him of violating US law by reversing plans to sanction Israel's Netzah Yehuda battalion over allegations of human rights abuses