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Evening Recap

11 February 2025 23:58 GMT

Good evening Middle East Eye readers, 

Our blog will soon be closing for the day. Here are some of today's main developments:

  • The health ministry in Gaza said it recorded 11 more deaths in the past 24 hours, including three newly killed and eight bodies recovered.

  • This raises the confirmed death toll from Israel's war on Gaza since 7 October to at least 48,219 with 111,665 others wounded.

  • The United Nations estimates that more than $53bn will be needed to reconstruct Gaza and address the dire humanitarian crisis caused by Israel’s war on Gaza.

  • Yuli Edelstein, chairman of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, has dismissed US President Donald Trump's proposal for the expulsion of two million Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan, arguing that they should be forced to relocate to "more distant countries" instead, Haaretz reported.

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Israel will resume its military assault on Gaza if Hamas does not release captives by noon on Saturday, effectively ending the current ceasefire.

  • Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to open “the gates of hell” on Gaza after Hamas said it would suspend the release of captives after Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement.

  • US President Donald Trump has suggested that Jordan could face cuts to US aid if it refuses to accept displaced Palestinians, reported Reuters.

  • Israeli officials have privately acknowledged that Hamas was correct in accusing Israel of breaching the ceasefire agreement, The New York Times has reported.

  • Egypt has announced plans in a post on X to present a comprehensive proposal for rebuilding Gaza, ensuring Palestinians remain in their homeland despite ongoing Israeli aggression.

  • Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump must remember that the only way to bring home Israeli captives is to respect the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

  • Israeli far-right politicians welcomed US President Donald Trump's call for the cancellation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement if Hamas doesn't free all remaining captives by Saturday.

  • Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday that Arab states rejected US President Donald Trump's widely condemned plan to forcibly displace Palestinians and take control of Gaza.

  • UN chief Antonio Guterres called on Hamas on Tuesday to proceed with the planned release of Israeli captives after Hamas accused Israel of violating the ceasefire deal and postponed further captive-prisoner exchanges.