Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Evening recap

11 January 2024 23:33 GMT

Good evening readers of Middle East Eye,

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that the death toll in Gaza has now reached 23,469 since the start of the war on 7 October. 

Gaza’s government media office issued a statement on Thursday saying that Israel has killed at least 117 journalists in Gaza since the start of the war.

The two latest journalists killed have been named as Fouad Abu Khammash and Mohammed al-Thalathini.

During the first day of hearings at the World Court in The Hague on Thursday, South Africa's legal team included video footage from Middle East Eye in their presentation.

In other developments:

  • The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank. The man, identified as 37-year-old Majdi Abdel Latif Fashfasha, was killed in the town of Jaba, close to Jenin. 
  • Nine people were killed in an Israeli bombardment targeting a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, a statement from the Palestinian Red Crescent said.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that hypocrisy and lies were displayed at the UN’s highest judicial body.
  • US special envoy Amos Hochstein landed in Beirut on Thursday in an attempt to ease tensions on the Lebanon-Israel border and avoid a wider war.
  • Over 1,400 Finnish music industry professionals have signed a petition demanding a ban on Israel taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest, accusing the state of war crimes in Gaza.
  • The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said on Thursday that “South Africa’s genocide submission against Israel distracts the world from important efforts for peace and security."

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