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Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza

Evening recap

Our liveblog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are today's key developments:

-An Israeli strike on northern Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital has injured its director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. Speaking on-camera as he lay in a hospital bed, he insisted that he "will continue to provide care no matter the cost" and that it is "an honour... to serve the people that are left." 

-Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for Hamas' armed wing, said an Israeli woman held captive in northern Gaza has been killed as a result of an Israeli air strike. He added that another female Israeli captive was critically wounded and that her life was in danger.

-Unrwa, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said that around 80 percent of verified deaths in the Gaza Strip occurred in residential buildings,  which have been regularly targeted by Israeli air strikes.

-The Lebanese broadcaster Al-Jadeed is reporting that Lebanon's objection to Germany and Britain monitoring and enforcing United Nations Resolution 1701, and Israel's objection to France's participation, will not undermine the pending ceasefire agreement. This follows the return of the US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein to Washington, after days of meetings in Beirut and Tel Aviv. 

-Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday praised the "courageous decision" of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek the arrests of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.