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

13 February 2025 23:48 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 Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said that three people were killed in the past 24 hours in Gaza, while 14 bodies were brought to hospitals, bringing the death toll of Israel's war on Gaza to 48,239.

  • Israel killed 57 Lebanese civilians since November ceasefire said the UN

  • Hamas has said it is committed to the Gaza ceasefire agreement and does not want to see it collapse.

  • In a statement released on Monday, the Palestinian group says it is committed to the ceasefire agreement after initially saying it will delay releasing Israeli captives until Israel's violations end.

  • The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan.

  • A majority of Democrats in the US House of Representatives have called on President Donald Trump to abandon his proposal for an American "takeover" of Gaza, condemning it as both unlawful and unethical.

  • More than 350 rabbis, along with Jewish artists and activists, have signed a full-page ad in The New York Times condemning Donald Trump’s call for the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.

  • A senior Trump administration official suggested that Washington may permit Israel to maintain control over five outposts in southern Lebanon, telling Haaretz: "Israeli presence in the five points directly bears on whether the government of Lebanon ultimately does what it has promised to do."

  • The head of the UN Office for Project Services has compared the devastation in Gaza to the aftermath of “a massive earthquake”, warning that urgent recovery efforts are needed to prevent an even worse humanitarian crisis.

  • Hezbollah supporters staged a protest on Thursday, blocking the road to Beirut’s airport and setting tyres ablaze in response to a decision barring two Iranian planes from landing in the Lebanese capital, according to state media and an airport official.