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

3 September 2024 23:53 BST

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

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • Gaza death toll reached 40,819

  • Israeli forces killed at least 35 Palestinians across Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian officials said, amid brief pauses in fighting to conduct a third day of polio vaccinations for children

  • In its latest humanitarian situation update, the UN’s humanitarian affairs office (Ocha) said that 184 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip between Thursday and Monday, with 369 injured

  • Israeli settlers have stormed occupied East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque complex with police protection

  • A senior Israeli air force told Haaretz that US supplies of weapons, especially to the air force, are the main reason Israel has been able to keep the war on Gaza going

  • A polio eradication scheme in Gaza is "going quite well", a senior World Health Organisation (WHO) official told Al-Jazeera

  • The United States will continue to engage with mediators Egypt and Qatar in the coming days “to push for a final agreement” for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday

  • Thousands of people in Israel took to the streets today to protest against the government and call for a hostage release deal