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

12 February 2025 23:50 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 three more deaths in the past 24 hours, including one person killed in that period and two bodies recovered from the rubble.

  • The three confirmed killings raise the total death toll since 7 October 2023 to 48,222, it said in a statement, adding that 111,674 people have been injured in Israel’s war on Gaza.

  • The UN’s humanitarian agency (Ocha) said over 2,300 children have been admitted for outpatient treatment of acute malnutrition in Gaza since 1 January.

  • The Committe to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said that a record number of journalists were killed globally in 2024, with Israel responsible for nearly 70 percent of the deaths.

  • Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said that a clinic it supports in northern Gaza is receiving an influx of people in need of medical attention after the Israeli withdrawal from the Netzarim Corridor.

  • The Palestinian Ministry of Health called for the immediate release of Dr Hussam Abu Safia, a paediatrician and director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, along with all medical staff detained by Israel, the Wafa news agency reported.

  • More than 30 independent UN human rights experts condemned "shocking" threats by US President Donald Trump to take over and own Gaza and move the Palestinian population elsewhere, using military force if necessary.

  • Israel asked the Trump administration on Monday to further extend its withdrawal deadline from southern Lebanon, but a US official told The Times of Israel that the request was denied.

  • At least 70 Palestinians were arrested during a new Israeli raid on Al-Arroub camp, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. The organisation said Israeli forces abused Palestinians during field interrogations in the camp.