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

6 January 2025 23:42 GMT

Good evening Middle East Eye readers. On Monday, several Israeli citizens were killed in an attack that took place in the occupied West Bank. The attackers targeted a bus and two cars near the village of al-Funduq, east of Qalqilya, where settlers often transit through to the illegal settlements of Kedumim, Shavei Shomron, and others.

In response to the attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he approved a "series of additional offensive and defensive actions" in the West Bank.

Also in retaliation, groups of Israeli settlers began launching attacks on Palestinians. One such attack burned the facilities of a Palestinian farmer north of Ramallah, and another attack was launched on the village of Hajjah, near where the initial attack on the Israelis.

Meanwhile in Doha, negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza continue to slowly progress. Hamas on Monday said it approved a list of 34 Israeli captives that could be released in a possible ceasefire agreement with Israel.

Here's what else you need to know about today's developments in the Israeli war on Gaza and the regional developments linked to the conflict:

  • Israel's military confirmed two of its soldiers were killed in same battle in northern Gaza.

  • Israel's attacks on Gaza on Monday killed more than a dozen Palestinians, with one air strike hitting the Bureij refugee camp and killing at least four.

  • Yahya Saree, a spokesperson for the Houthi's armed forces, said in a statement on Monday that the Yemeni group, known officially as Ansar Allah, launched a “specific and joint military operation targeting the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman using two winged missiles and four drones”.

  • Saree also said that Ansar Allah launched three attacks on Israel.

  • In a news conference in Lebanon, US envoy Amos Hochstein said the Israeli withdrawals from western Lebanon would continue until the Israeli army was completely out of the country.

  • Several homes have been set on fire following a Palestinian Authority (PA) raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin, with video footage showing plumes of smoke rising over the area.