Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
This is an entry from: Live: Over 200 Lebanese children killed in two months of Israeli attacks

Evening recap

6 November 2024 23:56 GMT

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

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • Lebanon’s health ministry has reported that at least 3,050 people have been killed and 13,658 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 2023

  • Israeli attacks across Lebanon have left at least 37 people dead and 105 others wounded, according to Lebanon's health ministry

  • At least 15 people were killed in Gaza’s Beit Lahia when an Israeli air strike hit a building housing displaced people in the al-Manshiyya area in Beit Lahia, according to Al Jazeera

  • Unicef has announced that 4,000 babies have been cut off from lifesaving care in Gaza in the last year

  • Who director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported that the recent polio vaccination campaign in northern Gaza achieved around 88 percent coverage, with up to 10,000 children missing a second dose

  • The White House is concerned about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to fire Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant, "especially in the middle of two wars and as Israel prepares to defend against a potential attack from Iran," a US official told Axios

  • A group of NGOs pressed countries on Wednesday to hold an emergency session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to set up an investigation into abuses regarding Israel's war on Lebanon

  • Egypt joined a call led by Turkey and backed by dozens of countries, urging the United Nations to halt arms deliveries to Israel, citing concerns over their use in Gaza and Lebanon

  • A coalition of Canada-based lawyers and activists has annouced it is filing a lawsuit charging the Canadian government with violating the Genocide Convention

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Donald Trump to offer congratulations on his victory in the US presidential election, according to Netanyahu's office