Evening recap

Good evening Middle East Eye readers, 

The death toll from Israeli strikes on Baalbek in eastern Lebanon has climbed throughout Monday, with the Lebanese government reporting at least 60 people killed. 

The Israeli Knesset voted overwhelmingly to ban Unrwa in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The vote came despite opposition from the UK and US.

UN officials slammed the vote and the Palestinian Authority said the Israeli Parliament’s action reflected the country’s slide into “fascism”.

Here’s what else you need to know from today's developments:

• Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti, along with other detainees, was assaulted by Israeli guards in Megiddo Prison in September, according to a statement by his office
• South Africa has filed evidence with the International Court of Justice for what it says is a genocide being committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip
• Israel denied a report by Channel 12 that Israel and the US are discussing a 60-day truce in Lebanon
• Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan spoke on the phone on Monday with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araqchi
• Oil prices plunged in a sign that the market believes Israel and Iran will seek to deescalate tensions that many feared would spark on oil war
• At Least two people were killed by an Israeli attack on Jabalia refugee camp