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

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

  • The death toll in Gaza reached a grim milestone on Sunday after the health ministry confirmed that Israeli forces had killed more than 50,000 Palestinians since October 2023.

  • Israeli air strikes have killed at least 46 people across Gaza since dawn.

  • Israeli warplanes have bombed the emergency unit of Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, killing at least five Palestinians and wounding many others, reported Al Jazeera Arabic.

  • Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have forced the majority of US-flagged vessels to steer clear of the vital waterway, taking the long, costly detour around Africa instead.

  • The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned that blocking humanitarian aid, including food, would lead to "an acute hunger crisis".

  • Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan to separate 13 Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. 

  • Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich celebrated the move and said the settlements would be recognised as independent from their surrounding communities. 

  • A series of US air strikes in Yemen over the past week has taken out key Houthi leaders, including the group’s top missile expert, White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has claimed.

  • The Israeli defence ministry's rehabilitation department said it has received 16,000 soldiers since Israel began its bombardment of the Gaza Strip.