Live Blog Update| Gaza Under Attack
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Evening recap

17 December 2024 00:01 GMT

Good evening Middle East Eye readers,

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

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • Gaza is facing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe with over 45,000 people killed and an additional 111,000 people injured, the UN said in its monthly report on Palestine

  • The head of the World Food Programme (WFP), Cindy McCain, has warned that two million people in Gaza are suffering from “acute hunger” as humanitarian aid struggles to reach those in need

  • Hamas has accused the United States of being directly complicit in what it describes as Israeli “massacres” targeting Palestinians in Gaza

  • The Israeli military announced that its 98th Division has been withdrawn from southern Lebanon and is being redirected to the Gaza Strip. In a statement on X, the army said the division had “completed” its mission in Lebanon after three months of clashes with Hezbollah and would now prepare for operations in Gaza

  • The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned Israel for its role in the deaths of four Palestinian journalists in Gaza over the past week, urging the international community to hold it accountable for attacks on media professionals

  • The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza has accused Israeli forces of targeting hospital staff in the intensive care unit and firing at the facility’s power generators. The strikes have exacerbated an already dire humanitarian crisis in the besieged region

  • Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris said he "utterly rejects" the assertion that Ireland is anti-Israel, as he reacted to Israel's decision to shut down the embassy in the Republic of Ireland on Sunday

  • Israeli airstrikes destroyed multiple Palestinian homes, including two in Gaza City, killing at least seven civilians

  • In the occupied West Bank, Palestinian Authority forces have extended their raid on the Jenin refugee camp while suppressing protests in Jenin city. Demonstrators had called for an end to both the siege on the camp and the PA’s ongoing security operations.

  • An Israeli delegation has reportedly travelled to Qatar to hold discussions with mediators over a potential ceasefire

  • Israel’s plans to expand settlements in the occupied Golan Heights have been met with condemnation from multiple nations, including Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, who criticised the move as a blatant violation of international law