Live Blog Update| Gaza Under Attack
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Evening recap

19 December 2024 23:59 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:

  • At least 45,129 Palestinians have been killed and 107,338 injured in Israel’s war on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Gaza Health Ministry said on Thursday

  • The deaths of 32 people were recorded in the last 24 hours

  • Israeli forces have detained at least 14 Palestinians from various areas of the occupied West Bank since Wednesday evening, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported

  • Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused Israel of committing "acts of genocide" in the Gaza Strip by damaging water infrastructure and cutting off supplies to civilians, calling on the international community to impose targeted sanctions

  • Iran said the latest Israeli attacks in Yemen constitute “a gross violation of the principles and norms of international law and the UN charter”

  • The Israeli Haaretz newspaper published a report quoting Israeli soldiers who described how they arbitrarily killed dozens of Palestinian civilians in the so-called Netzarim Corridor in Gaza, counting every Palestinian casualty as a terrorist, including children

  • United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that Israel's strikes on Syrian military infrastructure were "violations" of the country's sovereignty and called for them to cease

  • Haaretz reports that Israel's army is considering supplying military equipment to Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces as part of efforts to bolster coordination

  • The Israeli army has expressed satisfaction with a recent operation conducted by Palestinian Authority (PA) forces in the Jenin refugee camp, according to the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA). The operation, said to have been carried out under Israeli military oversight, involved approximately 300 armed PA personnel

  • The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday passed a resolution seeking an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel's legal obligations to guarantee the functioning of UN humanitarian agencies, particularly the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Unrwa)

  • Germany’s foreign ministry has expressed its opposition to any Israeli occupation of Gaza, stressing that Palestinian territories must not be diminished

  • Several Spanish political parties, including coalition member Sumar and four others supporting the minority left-wing government, have urged Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to impose strict sanctions on Israel