Live Blog Update| Gaza Under Attack
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Evening recap

18 December 2024 23:56 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:

  • Israel's war on Gaza has killed at least 45,097 Palestinians and injured 107,244 since 7 October 2023, the Palestinian health ministry said on Wednesday

  • At least 15 Palestinians have been detained by Israeli forces across the West Bank in the last 24 hours, prisoner advocacy groups are reporting

  • Fourteen Palestinians, the majority women and children, were killed in two Israeli air strikes targeting residential homes in northern Gaza, Al Jazeera Arabic reported

  • An Israeli air strike on a residential house in Jabalia, northern Gaza, has left at least 10 Palestinians dead, according to local reports. The victims included civilians, with initial accounts indicating that families were caught in the bombardment

  • Israel has once again refused a United Nations request to deliver aid to the beleaguered northern Gaza, the UN secretary-general's spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, said

  • Hamas' military wing, the Qassam Brigades, has reported the killing of six Israeli soldiers during operations in northern Gaza, marking a significant escalation in the conflict, Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting

  • Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has voiced opposition to the proposed ceasefire-hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, describing it as a “serious error," Israeli media reported

  • The US Department of Defense shipped over a thousand tons of ammunition to Israel on a vessel that stopped at a US naval base in Spain, potentially violating Spain’s embargo on military cargo bound for Israel, The Intercept reported

  • Germany's foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said that Israel's occupation of the Golan Heights is a violation of international law during a speech in parliament on Wednesday

  • The Palestinian Authority (PA) has intensified its operations in the Jenin refugee camp, engaging in armed confrontations with Palestinian resistance fighters over several days. The raids have left at least three Palestinians dead, including a senior commander from the Jenin Brigades and a child, further heightening tensions in the occupied West Bank

  • Germany has significantly reduced its arms exports to Israel this year, approving just $168.6m worth of military equipment, according to data from the economy ministry. This marks a sharp decline from the $341.9m approved in 2023