Evening recap

Good evening readers of Middle East Eye,

Israeli forces have killed at least 147 Palestinians and wounded 243 more across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

This brings the death toll since 7 October to at least 23,357 with 59,410 wounded and more than 7,000 missing who are believed to be dead and buried under rubble.

Israeli forces raided the West Bank city of Nablus and besieged the Old City, injuring at least 12 Palestinians, Al Jazeera reports.

In other developments:

The Israeli army has targeted a residential building only a few metres away from Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital, killing and wounding at least 40 people, according to Gaza officials.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, less than a day before the International Court of Justice hearings, says he does not intend to expel Palestinians from Gaza.
The World Health Organization cancelled another planned medical aid mission to Gaza on Wednesday over security concerns.
A journalist, identified as Ahmed Badir, has been killed in an Israeli bombing which targeted a house adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Hospital in Deir al Balah, according to Gaza’s government media office.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said that four of its staff have been killed in an Israeli attack on an ambulance in the Salah al-Din area of central Gaza.
Numerous global legal and civil society groups support a US lawsuit against President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, alleging their failure to avert an ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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