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

9 September 2024 23:35 BST

Hello Middle East Eye readers. On Monday, the Palestinian death toll as a result of Israeli military strikes reached at least 33, with several strikes taking place in Gaza City.

The Palestinian health ministry has placed the official death toll at 40,988 people. However, a recent study published in the Lancet medical journal estimated the death toll to be likely around 186,000 — a conservative estimate by the study.

In Gaza, Israeli forces also detained a UN convoy of vehicles for more than eight hours, with Israeli bulldozers damaging the UN's vehicles.

Here's what else happened today:

  • White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said that US President Joe Biden has not spoken with the family of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, the Turkish American activist killed last week by Israeli forces in the West Bank.

  • A funeral was held for the 26-year-old Eygi in Nablus, where Palestinian security forces took part in the procession.

  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to convene an emergency meeting to discuss Israel's war in Gaza.

  • An Axios report found that Israeli diplomats are being instructed to lobby members of US Congress to pressure South Africa into dropping its case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

  • Israel's military said that two of its soldiers were injured in a drone attack near the Lebanese border.

  • A new report by Defence for Children International-Palestine detailed how Israeli forces and settlers have killed more than 140 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank since 7 October.