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

18 January 2025 23:51 GMT

Good evening Middle East Eye readers, 

With just hours to go until a ceasefire agreement is set to commence in Gaza, here's a summary of some the main recent developments:

  • An Israeli man was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack in central Tel Aviv on Saturday afternoon, after which the attacker was shot dead by a nearby armed civilian

  • Members of far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's Jewish Power party announced they will submit letters of resignation from the government on Sunday morning in protest against the Gaza ceasefire deal

  • The Israeli military's Arabic language spokesperson has threatened that if Palestinians in Gaza approach Israeli troops following the ceasefire, they will be exposed to "danger"

  • Israel will continue its war on Gaza in "new, forceful ways" if the second stage of the ceasefire agreement proves to be "futile", Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in a video address

  • An Israeli military raid in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, wounded four children

  • Bezalel Smotrich, Israel's far-right finance minister, said that he was given assurances that the war would continue and Israel would launch a "gradual takeover of the entire Gaza Strip"

  • More than 70 protesters, including one of the organisers, were arrested after police blocked parts of a pro-Palestine demonstration in London