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

13 August 2024 23:57 BST

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

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • Gaza's health ministry said the death toll from Israel's war on the Palestinian enclave has risen to 39,929, with 32 people killed in the past 24 hours. Additionally, 92,240 people have been wounded since the start of the war

  • On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken approved a new batch of arms sales to Israel, totalling over $20bn in military equipment, according to the Pentagon

  • Hundreds of Israeli settlers have raided occupied East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque with Israeli police protection

  • Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, along with fellow Jewish Power party member and minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf, stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque accompanied by over 1,000 Israeli settlers

  • The EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell said he "strongly condemns" the actions of dozens of Israelis, led by ministers, who prayed at Al-Aqsa Mosque during a large raid on Tuesday, violating decades-old arrangements that stipulate only Muslims can worship at the site in Jerusalem's Old City

  • Turkey has joined a growing list of countries to condemn the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied East Jerusalem by crowds of Israelis, including two far-right ministers

  • Israeli army units in the Gaza Strip have reportedly used Palestinians as human shields during their operations. "Our lives are more important than their lives," soldiers were allegedly instructed, implying that it's preferable for Israeli soldiers to stay safe while risking the lives of Palestinians in the event of an explosive device

  • Iran's foreign ministry said the joint British, French and German call for de-escalation in the region "lack political logic and contradict principles of international law"

  • Credit rating agency Fitch downgraded Israel to A on Monday, a drop from A+. The agency also gave the country a Negative Outlook

  • An investigation by Al Jazeera's Sanad verification agency has revealed that the Israeli attack on al-Tabin School in Gaza City, which killed at least 100 Palestinians, was “deliberately timed to cause maximum casualties"

  • On Monday, the Canadian government revealed it had revoked the tax-exempt status of two prominent Jewish organisations: the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Canada and the Ne'eman Foundation