Evening recap

Hello Middle East Eye readers, 

Israel launched strikes on Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon on Wednesday.

At least seven people were killed by the strikes on Gaza, including one that hit a tent housing displaced people in Nuseirat refugee camp.

Israel’s strikes on Lebanon hit the Burj al-Barajneh and Haret Hreik neighbourhoods.

In Syria, Israel targeted Homs, saying it was destroying Hezbollah supply lines. 

Israel also escalated in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli troops detained Esra Ghorani, a female reporter with the official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, and her TV crew. Israel launched a raid in Tulkarm camp that killed at least two people, and attacked several other villages in the occupied West Bank. 

Here is what else you need to know:

• France said Israel wants to maintain the ability to strike Lebanon at any moment, as part of conditions to secure a ceasefire with Hezbollah
• A CIA official has been charged with leaking top-secret US documents about Israel’s potential plan to retaliate against Iran for a missile attack in October
• Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for countries to stop sending arms to Israel, after Turkey announced it was breaking diplomatic ties with Israel. 
• US President-elect Donald Trump said he and President Joe Biden "talked very much about the Middle East" at their White House meeting
• The European Union's top foreign policy chief proposed that the bloc suspend political dialogue with Israel, citing possible human rights violations from its war on Gaza