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

22 January 2025 23:56 GMT

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

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • Gaza’s Ministry of Education has revealed the devastating toll of Israel’s assault on the enclave, reporting that more than 15,000 school-age children have been killed or are missing, alongside over 800 education workers.

  • Israeli forces killed two Palestinians during a raid in Wadi Burqin, near Jenin, on Wednesday, before demolishing the building they were in.

  • The United Nations has confirmed that 808 aid trucks carrying food, fuel, and medical supplies entered Gaza on Wednesday, as humanitarian workers rush to assist Palestinians suffering under Israel’s months-long blockade.

  • Gaza’s education ministry has condemned the world’s inaction as Israel’s relentless assault has devastated the enclave, accusing the international community of allowing “killing, destruction, and burning” on a scale unseen since World War II.

  • Israel's ongoing military raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has displaced 2,000 families since mid-December and left the camp "nearly uninhabitable", according to Roland Friedrich, director of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa).

  • The Israeli army’s Givati Brigade has announced it is “preparing for the next mission” after weeks of brutal combat in Jabalia, northern Gaza. The infantry unit admitted to losing 86 soldiers since launching its assault on the besieged territory in October 2023.

  • Israel is lobbying former US President Donald Trump for permission to maintain a military presence in southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire agreement requiring its full withdrawal by Sunday, according to Israel’s Channel 13.

  • Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, has raised concerns over the potential consequences of Israel's raids in the West Bank.

  • Israeli forces have arrested at least 25 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since Tuesday evening, according to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society.

  • Israeli security chiefs and the head of Egyptian intelligence have reached an agreement for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to oversee Gaza's side of the Rafah crossing with Egypt, according to an unnamed source cited by Asharq Al-Awsat.

  • Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told the Walla news site that he is prepared to begin talks on the second stage of the Gaza ceasefire deal as soon as possible, ahead of the scheduled deadline for negotiations.

  • Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy has announced plans to visit the region as part of what he called “an inspection team” tasked with overseeing compliance with the Gaza ceasefire.